조심스럽다

to be careful, cautious

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
조심스러운
아/어Infinitive
조심스러워
-으니Since
조심스러우니
합니다Formal
조심스럽습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 조심스러워요조심스럽습니다조심스러워조심스럽다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 조심스러웠어요조심스러웠습니다조심스러웠어조심스러웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 조심스럽겠어요조심스럽겠습니다조심스럽겠어조심스럽겠다
-을 것이다Going to 조심스러울 거예요조심스러울 것입니다조심스러울 거야조심스러울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 조심스러워요?조심스럽습니까?조심스러워?조심스러우니?
과거Past 조심스러웠어요?조심스러웠습니까?조심스러웠어?조심스러웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 조심스러워요안 조심스럽습니다안 조심스러워안 조심스럽다
-지 않다Not (long) 조심스럽지 않아요조심스럽지 않습니다조심스럽지 않아조심스럽지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 조심스러우세요조심스러우십니다조심스러우셔조심스러우시다
과거Past 조심스러우셨어요조심스러우셨습니다조심스러우셨어조심스러우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
조심스러운
과거Past
조심스러운
미래Future
조심스러울
회상Used to
조심스럽던

Joining clauses

-고and
조심스럽고
-게-ly / so that
조심스럽게
-어서so / and then
조심스러워서
-으니까since
조심스러우니까
-으면if / when
조심스러우면
-지만but
조심스럽지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
조심스러운데
-어도even if
조심스러워도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

질문 대부분이 조심스러웠죠.

Most questions were thoughtful.

남편이 아주 조심스럽게 다가와서 말했어요.

My husband approached me very cautiously.

조심스럽게 제 자리에 맞춰서 물건을 올려요.

I carefully place things till I feel they belong.

아주 조심스러운 작업이란 걸 꼭 말해두고 싶네요.

We can do this very carefully, I should add.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 조심스럽다 in Korean?

조심스럽다 (to be careful, cautious) is 조심스러워요 in the polite 해요체, 조심스럽습니다 in formal 합니다체, 조심스러워 in casual 반말 and 조심스럽다 in the plain written style. The past is 조심스러웠어요.

What is the past tense of 조심스럽다?

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

Is 조심스럽다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 조심스럽다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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