쑥스럽다

to be shy

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쑥스러운
아/어Infinitive
쑥스러워
-으니Since
쑥스러우니
합니다Formal
쑥스럽습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쑥스러워요쑥스럽습니다쑥스러워쑥스럽다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쑥스러웠어요쑥스러웠습니다쑥스러웠어쑥스러웠다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쑥스럽겠어요쑥스럽겠습니다쑥스럽겠어쑥스럽겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쑥스러울 거예요쑥스러울 것입니다쑥스러울 거야쑥스러울 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쑥스러워요?쑥스럽습니까?쑥스러워?쑥스러우니?
과거Past 쑥스러웠어요?쑥스러웠습니까?쑥스러웠어?쑥스러웠니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쑥스러워요안 쑥스럽습니다안 쑥스러워안 쑥스럽다
-지 않다Not (long) 쑥스럽지 않아요쑥스럽지 않습니다쑥스럽지 않아쑥스럽지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쑥스러우세요쑥스러우십니다쑥스러우셔쑥스러우시다
과거Past 쑥스러우셨어요쑥스러우셨습니다쑥스러우셨어쑥스러우셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쑥스러운
과거Past
쑥스러운
미래Future
쑥스러울
회상Used to
쑥스럽던

Joining clauses

-고and
쑥스럽고
-게-ly / so that
쑥스럽게
-어서so / and then
쑥스러워서
-으니까since
쑥스러우니까
-으면if / when
쑥스러우면
-지만but
쑥스럽지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쑥스러운데
-어도even if
쑥스러워도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그 수줍은 소년은 그녀의 앞에서 완전히 쑥스러웠다.

The shy boy was utterly embarrassed in her presence.

몹시 쑥스러워진 동물들은 물러갔고 그것은 동물들이 그런 모습으로 나타난 마지막이었습니다.

Embarrassed, the animals fled, and that was the last time they revealed themselves this way.

너무 쑥스러워서 원어민들과 바로 대화하기 힘들면, '자기 대화'를 해보세요.

If you're a more introverted person and you can't imagine speaking to native speakers right away, you can apply the method of self-talk.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 쑥스럽다 in Korean?

쑥스럽다 (to be shy) is 쑥스러워요 in the polite 해요체, 쑥스럽습니다 in formal 합니다체, 쑥스러워 in casual 반말 and 쑥스럽다 in the plain written style. The past is 쑥스러웠어요.

What is the past tense of 쑥스럽다?

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

Is 쑥스럽다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 쑥스럽다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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