소심하다

to be timid

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
소심한
아/어Infinitive
소심해
-으니Since
소심하니
합니다Formal
소심합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 소심해요소심합니다소심해소심하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 소심했어요소심했습니다소심했어소심했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 소심하겠어요소심하겠습니다소심하겠어소심하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 소심할 거예요소심할 것입니다소심할 거야소심할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 소심해요?소심합니까?소심해?소심하니?
과거Past 소심했어요?소심했습니까?소심했어?소심했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 소심해요안 소심합니다안 소심해안 소심하다
-지 않다Not (long) 소심하지 않아요소심하지 않습니다소심하지 않아소심하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 소심하세요소심하십니다소심하셔소심하시다
과거Past 소심하셨어요소심하셨습니다소심하셨어소심하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
소심한
과거Past
소심한
미래Future
소심할
회상Used to
소심하던

Joining clauses

-고and
소심하고
-게-ly / so that
소심하게
-어서so / and then
소심해서
-으니까since
소심하니까
-으면if / when
소심하면
-지만but
소심하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
소심한데
-어도even if
소심해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

톰은 좀 소심한 것 같지 않아?

Tom is quite shy, isn't he?

그는 어렸고 소심했습니다.

He was young, he was shy.

내가 좀 소심해서 눈팅밖에 안 해.

I only lurk because I'm a little people-shy.

그들은 소심했고 그러는 과정에서 자연의 질서가 거꾸로 되었죠.

They were timid, and somewhere along the line, the natural order was reversed.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 소심하다 in Korean?

소심하다 (to be timid) is 소심해요 in the polite 해요체, 소심합니다 in formal 합니다체, 소심해 in casual 반말 and 소심하다 in the plain written style. The past is 소심했어요.

What is the past tense of 소심하다?

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

Is 소심하다 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 소심하여 and 소심하니 but unchanged in 소심합니다.

What TOPIK level is 소심하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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