번거롭다

cumbersome, (to be) inconvenient

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
번거로운
아/어Infinitive
번거로워
-으니Since
번거로우니
합니다Formal
번거롭습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 번거로워요번거롭습니다번거로워번거롭다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 번거로웠어요번거로웠습니다번거로웠어번거로웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 번거롭겠어요번거롭겠습니다번거롭겠어번거롭겠다
-을 것이다Going to 번거로울 거예요번거로울 것입니다번거로울 거야번거로울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 번거로워요?번거롭습니까?번거로워?번거로우니?
과거Past 번거로웠어요?번거로웠습니까?번거로웠어?번거로웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 번거로워요안 번거롭습니다안 번거로워안 번거롭다
-지 않다Not (long) 번거롭지 않아요번거롭지 않습니다번거롭지 않아번거롭지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 번거로우세요번거로우십니다번거로우셔번거로우시다
과거Past 번거로우셨어요번거로우셨습니다번거로우셨어번거로우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
번거로운
과거Past
번거로운
미래Future
번거로울
회상Used to
번거롭던

Joining clauses

-고and
번거롭고
-게-ly / so that
번거롭게
-어서so / and then
번거로워서
-으니까since
번거로우니까
-으면if / when
번거로우면
-지만but
번거롭지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
번거로운데
-어도even if
번거로워도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

또 나만 번거롭게 생겼네

Great. Something else I got to take care of.

이 문제를 다 쓰기는 좀 번거로우니 그냥 제가 읽을게요

So I'll just read it out, because I don't want to write it out all here, but this is the actual diagram.

번거롭게 해 드려 죄송하지만, 저 좀 도와주시겠어요?

Sorry to trouble you, but can you help me?

번거롭게 일을 하게 만들어서 미안해요

I'm sorry to add to your workload right now.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 번거롭다 in Korean?

번거롭다 (cumbersome, (to be) inconvenient) is 번거로워요 in the polite 해요체, 번거롭습니다 in formal 합니다체, 번거로워 in casual 반말 and 번거롭다 in the plain written style. The past is 번거로웠어요.

What is the past tense of 번거롭다?

번거로웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 번거로웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 번거로워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 번거롭다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 번거로워 and 번거로우니 but unchanged in 번거롭습니다.

What TOPIK level is 번거롭다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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