게으르다

to be lazy

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
게으른
아/어Infinitive
게을러
-으니Since
게으르니
합니다Formal
게으릅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 게을러요게으릅니다게을러게으르다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 게을렀어요게을렀습니다게을렀어게을렀다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 게으르겠어요게으르겠습니다게으르겠어게으르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 게으를 거예요게으를 것입니다게으를 거야게으를 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 게을러요?게으릅니까?게을러?게으르니?
과거Past 게을렀어요?게을렀습니까?게을렀어?게을렀니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 게을러요안 게으릅니다안 게을러안 게으르다
-지 않다Not (long) 게으르지 않아요게으르지 않습니다게으르지 않아게으르지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 게으르세요게으르십니다게으르셔게으르시다
과거Past 게으르셨어요게으르셨습니다게으르셨어게으르셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
게으른
과거Past
게으른
미래Future
게으를
회상Used to
게으르던

Joining clauses

-고and
게으르고
-게-ly / so that
게으르게
-어서so / and then
게을러서
-으니까since
게으르니까
-으면if / when
게으르면
-지만but
게으르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
게으른데
-어도even if
게을러도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이 사람들은 위험에 처해있어 얘들은 게을러.

These people are at-risk; these people are truant.

난 톰이 게으른 애라는 걸 알고 있어.

I know Tom is a lazy kid.

톰은 매우 게으른 소년이라는 걸 압니다.

I know Tom is a very lazy boy.

톰은 게으른 아이가 아니야. 실제로는 열심히 해.

Tom isn't a lazy boy. As a matter of fact, he works hard.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 게으르다 in Korean?

게으르다 (to be lazy) is 게을러요 in the polite 해요체, 게으릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 게을러 in casual 반말 and 게으르다 in the plain written style. The past is 게을렀어요.

What is the past tense of 게으르다?

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

Is 게으르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 게을러 and 게으르니 but unchanged in 게으릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 게으르다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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