경솔하다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be rash

Every form of 경솔하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
경솔한
아/어Infinitive
경솔해
-으니Since
경솔하니
합니다Formal
경솔합니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 경솔해요경솔합니다경솔해경솔하다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 경솔했어요경솔했습니다경솔했어경솔했다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 경솔하겠어요경솔하겠습니다경솔하겠어경솔하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 경솔할 거예요경솔할 것입니다경솔할 거야경솔할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 경솔해요?경솔합니까?경솔해?경솔하니?
과거Past 경솔했어요?경솔했습니까?경솔했어?경솔했니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 경솔해요안 경솔합니다안 경솔해안 경솔하다
-지 않다Not (long) 경솔하지 않아요경솔하지 않습니다경솔하지 않아경솔하지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 경솔하세요경솔하십니다경솔하셔경솔하시다
과거Past 경솔하셨어요경솔하셨습니다경솔하셨어경솔하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
경솔한
과거Past
경솔한
미래Future
경솔할
회상Used to
경솔하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
경솔하고
-게-ly / so that
경솔하게
-어서so / and then
경솔해서
-으니까since
경솔하니까
-으면if / when
경솔하면
-지만but
경솔하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
경솔한데
-어도even if
경솔해도

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

경솔한 볼일 지도 모르나 아닙니다.

It might seem frivolous, but it's not.

경솔하게 굴지 마

Now, don't go doing anything rash.

경솔하고 무례했어요 정말 죄송합니다

It was careless and it was rude. And I am really sorry.

경솔한 결정이 꽤 처참한 상황을 만들거든요

I know a rash decision can be pretty disastrous.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 경솔하다 in Korean?

경솔하다 (to be rash) is 경솔해요 in the polite 해요체, 경솔합니다 in formal 합니다체, 경솔해 in casual 반말 and 경솔하다 in the plain written style. The past is 경솔했어요.

What is the past tense of 경솔하다?

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

Is 경솔하다 irregular?

Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 경솔하여 and 경솔하니 but unchanged in 경솔합니다.

What TOPIK level is 경솔하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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