순조롭다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be smooth

Every form of 순조롭다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅂ irregular — ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
순조로운
아/어Infinitive
순조로워
-으니Since
순조로우니
합니다Formal
순조롭습니다

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 순조로워요순조롭습니다순조로워순조롭다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 순조로웠어요순조로웠습니다순조로웠어순조로웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 순조롭겠어요순조롭겠습니다순조롭겠어순조롭겠다
-을 것이다Going to 순조로울 거예요순조로울 것입니다순조로울 거야순조로울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 순조로워요?순조롭습니까?순조로워?순조로우니?
과거Past 순조로웠어요?순조로웠습니까?순조로웠어?순조로웠니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 순조로워요안 순조롭습니다안 순조로워안 순조롭다
-지 않다Not (long) 순조롭지 않아요순조롭지 않습니다순조롭지 않아순조롭지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 순조로우세요순조로우십니다순조로우셔순조로우시다
과거Past 순조로우셨어요순조로우셨습니다순조로우셨어순조로우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
순조로운
과거Past
순조로운
미래Future
순조로울
회상Used to
순조롭던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
순조롭고
-게-ly / so that
순조롭게
-어서so / and then
순조로워서
-으니까since
순조로우니까
-으면if / when
순조로우면
-지만but
순조롭지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
순조로운데
-어도even if
순조로워도

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

가는 길은 순조로웠죠.

The journey was smooth.

이제 모든 게 순조로웠어요.

So now we were on a roll.

처음에 우룩의 확장은 순조로웠습니다.

Initially, Uruk’s expansion worked well.

지금까지는 순조로워요.

So far, so good.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 순조롭다 in Korean?

순조롭다 (to be smooth) is 순조로워요 in the polite 해요체, 순조롭습니다 in formal 합니다체, 순조로워 in casual 반말 and 순조롭다 in the plain written style. The past is 순조로웠어요.

What is the past tense of 순조롭다?

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

Is 순조롭다 irregular?

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

What TOPIK level is 순조롭다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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