퉁명스럽다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be curt, to be brusque, to be gruff (of an attitude or way of speaking)
Every form of 퉁명스럽다 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
- 퉁명스러운
- 아/어Infinitive
- 퉁명스러워
- -으니Since
- 퉁명스러우니
- 합니다Formal
- 퉁명스럽습니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 퉁명스러워요 | 퉁명스럽습니다 | 퉁명스러워 | 퉁명스럽다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 퉁명스러웠어요 | 퉁명스러웠습니다 | 퉁명스러웠어 | 퉁명스러웠다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 퉁명스럽겠어요 | 퉁명스럽겠습니다 | 퉁명스럽겠어 | 퉁명스럽겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 퉁명스러울 거예요 | 퉁명스러울 것입니다 | 퉁명스러울 거야 | 퉁명스러울 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 퉁명스러워요? | 퉁명스럽습니까? | 퉁명스러워? | 퉁명스러우니? |
| 과거Past | 퉁명스러웠어요? | 퉁명스러웠습니까? | 퉁명스러웠어? | 퉁명스러웠니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 퉁명스러워요 | 안 퉁명스럽습니다 | 안 퉁명스러워 | 안 퉁명스럽다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 퉁명스럽지 않아요 | 퉁명스럽지 않습니다 | 퉁명스럽지 않아 | 퉁명스럽지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 퉁명스러우세요 | 퉁명스러우십니다 | 퉁명스러우셔 | 퉁명스러우시다 |
| 과거Past | 퉁명스러우셨어요 | 퉁명스러우셨습니다 | 퉁명스러우셨어 | 퉁명스러우셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 퉁명스러운
- 과거Past
- 퉁명스러운
- 미래Future
- 퉁명스러울
- 회상Used to
- 퉁명스럽던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 퉁명스럽고
- -게-ly / so that
- 퉁명스럽게
- -어서so / and then
- 퉁명스러워서
- -으니까since
- 퉁명스러우니까
- -으면if / when
- 퉁명스러우면
- -지만but
- 퉁명스럽지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 퉁명스러운데
- -어도even if
- 퉁명스러워도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 퉁명스럽다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
아이는 자기 탓이 아니라고 퉁명스럽게 말했다.
The child said curtly that it was not his fault.
이유도 없이 왜 이리 퉁명스러워
There's no reason to be so nasty No reason, huh?
표정은 퉁명스러운 얼굴을 하고, 이걸 보더니, 서로 말하기 시작했어요.
The grumpy face on, who look at this, and then they start to talk with each other.
졸고 있던 학생과 퉁명스런 표정의 두 학생들 모두 저에게 다가왔죠.
The nodder guy as well as the grumpy couple came over to me.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 퉁명스럽다 in Korean?
퉁명스럽다 (to be curt, to be brusque, to be gruff (of an attitude or way of speaking)) is 퉁명스러워요 in the polite 해요체, 퉁명스럽습니다 in formal 합니다체, 퉁명스러워 in casual 반말 and 퉁명스럽다 in the plain written style. The past is 퉁명스러웠어요.
What is the past tense of 퉁명스럽다?
퉁명스러웠어요 in everyday polite speech, 퉁명스러웠습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 퉁명스러워 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 퉁명스럽다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 퉁명스러워 and 퉁명스러우니 but unchanged in 퉁명스럽습니다.
What TOPIK level is 퉁명스럽다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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