어설프다

to be clumsy

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
어설픈
아/어Infinitive
어설퍼
-으니Since
어설프니
합니다Formal
어설픕니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 어설퍼요어설픕니다어설퍼어설프다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 어설펐어요어설펐습니다어설펐어어설펐다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 어설프겠어요어설프겠습니다어설프겠어어설프겠다
-을 것이다Going to 어설플 거예요어설플 것입니다어설플 거야어설플 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 어설퍼요?어설픕니까?어설퍼?어설프니?
과거Past 어설펐어요?어설펐습니까?어설펐어?어설펐니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 어설퍼요안 어설픕니다안 어설퍼안 어설프다
-지 않다Not (long) 어설프지 않아요어설프지 않습니다어설프지 않아어설프지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 어설프세요어설프십니다어설프셔어설프시다
과거Past 어설프셨어요어설프셨습니다어설프셨어어설프셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
어설픈
과거Past
어설픈
미래Future
어설플
회상Used to
어설프던

Joining clauses

-고and
어설프고
-게-ly / so that
어설프게
-어서so / and then
어설퍼서
-으니까since
어설프니까
-으면if / when
어설프면
-지만but
어설프지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
어설픈데
-어도even if
어설퍼도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그렇게 구분하는 건 정치적 영향력을 노린 어설픈 일반화일 뿐이죠.

The distinction is just a crude simplification to arouse political power.

어설펐는지 몰라도 난 애썼었어

Trying to make overtures, maybe awkwardly but I was trying.

지금은 어설퍼, 곧 제대로 될 거야

It's not very much at the moment, but I'm sure it will be.

왜요? 난 어설픈 남자한테 끌리거든요

I have a real thing for clumsy men.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 어설프다 in Korean?

어설프다 (to be clumsy) is 어설퍼요 in the polite 해요체, 어설픕니다 in formal 합니다체, 어설퍼 in casual 반말 and 어설프다 in the plain written style. The past is 어설펐어요.

What is the past tense of 어설프다?

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

Is 어설프다 irregular?

Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 어설퍼 and 어설프니 but unchanged in 어설픕니다.

What TOPIK level is 어설프다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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