서투르다

to be unskillful, inexperienced, unhandy

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
서투른
아/어Infinitive
서툴러
-으니Since
서투르니
합니다Formal
서투릅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 서툴러요서투릅니다서툴러서투르다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 서툴렀어요서툴렀습니다서툴렀어서툴렀다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 서투르겠어요서투르겠습니다서투르겠어서투르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 서투를 거예요서투를 것입니다서투를 거야서투를 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 서툴러요?서투릅니까?서툴러?서투르니?
과거Past 서툴렀어요?서툴렀습니까?서툴렀어?서툴렀니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 서툴러요안 서투릅니다안 서툴러안 서투르다
-지 않다Not (long) 서투르지 않아요서투르지 않습니다서투르지 않아서투르지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 서투르세요서투르십니다서투르셔서투르시다
과거Past 서투르셨어요서투르셨습니다서투르셨어서투르셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
서투른
과거Past
서투른
미래Future
서투를
회상Used to
서투르던

Joining clauses

-고and
서투르고
-게-ly / so that
서투르게
-어서so / and then
서툴러서
-으니까since
서투르니까
-으면if / when
서투르면
-지만but
서투르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
서투른데
-어도even if
서툴러도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

서투른 도둑이 첫날밤에 들킨다.

An unskillful thief will get caught on their first day. (saying)

행동이 서투르며 긴장되어 있다.

They get agitated and nervous.

난, 그저 도움을 구하는 게 서툴러.

I'm just not very good at asking for help.

제가 춤이 서툴러서 재미 없으시겠어요?

Isn't my unskillful dancing boring you?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 서투르다 in Korean?

서투르다 (to be unskillful, inexperienced, unhandy) is 서툴러요 in the polite 해요체, 서투릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 서툴러 in casual 반말 and 서투르다 in the plain written style. The past is 서툴렀어요.

What is the past tense of 서투르다?

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

Is 서투르다 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 서툴러 and 서투르니 but unchanged in 서투릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 서투르다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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