부드럽다

to be soft, smooth, gentle, mild

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
부드러운
아/어Infinitive
부드러워
-으니Since
부드러우니
합니다Formal
부드럽습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 부드러워요부드럽습니다부드러워부드럽다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 부드러웠어요부드러웠습니다부드러웠어부드러웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 부드럽겠어요부드럽겠습니다부드럽겠어부드럽겠다
-을 것이다Going to 부드러울 거예요부드러울 것입니다부드러울 거야부드러울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부드러워요?부드럽습니까?부드러워?부드러우니?
과거Past 부드러웠어요?부드러웠습니까?부드러웠어?부드러웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 부드러워요안 부드럽습니다안 부드러워안 부드럽다
-지 않다Not (long) 부드럽지 않아요부드럽지 않습니다부드럽지 않아부드럽지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 부드러우세요부드러우십니다부드러우셔부드러우시다
과거Past 부드러우셨어요부드러우셨습니다부드러우셨어부드러우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
부드러운
과거Past
부드러운
미래Future
부드러울
회상Used to
부드럽던

Joining clauses

-고and
부드럽고
-게-ly / so that
부드럽게
-어서so / and then
부드러워서
-으니까since
부드러우니까
-으면if / when
부드러우면
-지만but
부드럽지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
부드러운데
-어도even if
부드러워도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

부드러울 거라 생각하시겠지만, 사실은 그렇지 않습니다.

You'd think it'd be smooth, but it's actually not.

너도 부드러운 면이 있네

Did not know you have a soft side

말씀을 참 부드럽게 하시네요

You're a pretty smooth talker, Clive.

제가 좀 부드러운 남자거든요

I'm pretty smooth all over.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 부드럽다 in Korean?

부드럽다 (to be soft, smooth, gentle, mild) is 부드러워요 in the polite 해요체, 부드럽습니다 in formal 합니다체, 부드러워 in casual 반말 and 부드럽다 in the plain written style. The past is 부드러웠어요.

What is the past tense of 부드럽다?

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

Is 부드럽다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 부드럽다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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