-스럽다
Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɯɾʌ̹p̚t͈a̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [스럽따]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | seureopda |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seuleobda |
| McCune–Reischauer? | sŭrŏpta |
| Yale Romanization? | sulepta |
Suffix
스럽다 • (-seureopda) (irregular, infinitive 스러워, sequential 스러우니)
- Attached after nouns or roots, to form adjectives expressing the sense of "to have the property/feeling of". Forms p-irregular adjectives.
- 바보 → 바보스럽다
- babo → baboseureopda
- fool → foolish
- 사랑 → 사랑스럽다
- sarang → sarangseureopda
- love → lovely
Conjugation
Selected forms of the adjective -스럽다 (-seureopda): consonant-stem, ㅂ(b)-irregular
| Sentence-final forms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal non-polite (해라체) | Informal non-polite (해체) | Informal polite (해요체) | Formal polite (하십시오체) | ||
| Indicative | Non-past | -스럽다 -seureopda | -스러워 -seureowo | -스러워요 -seureowoyo | -스럽습니다 -seureopseumnida |
| Past | -스러웠다 -seureowotda | -스러웠어 -seureowosseo | -스러웠어요 -seureowosseoyo | -스러웠습니다 -seureowotseumnida | |
| Interrogative | Non-past | -스러우냐 -seureounya | -스러워 -seureowo | -스러워요 -seureowoyo | -스럽습니까 -seureopseumnikka |
| Past | -스러웠냐 -seureowonnya | -스러웠어 -seureowosseo | -스러웠어요 -seureowosseoyo | -스러웠습니까 -seureowotseumnikka | |
| Assertive | -스럽겠다 -seureopgetda | -스럽겠어 -seureopgesseo | -스럽겠어요 -seureopgesseoyo | -스럽겠습니다 -seureopgetseumnida | |
| Connective forms | |||||
| Cause/Reason | -스러워 -seureowo | -스러워서 -seureowoseo | -스러우니 -seureouni | -스러우니까 -seureounikka | |
| Contrast | -스럽지만 -seureopjiman | -스러운데 -seureounde | -스럽더니 -seureopdeoni | ||
| Conjunction | -스럽고 -seureopgo | ||||
| Condition | -스러우면 -seureoumyeon | -스러워야 -seureowoya | |||
| Noun and determiner forms | |||||
| Verbal nouns | -스러움 -seureoum | -스럽기 -seureopgi | |||
| Past-tense verbal nouns | -스러웠음 -seureowosseum | -스러웠기 -seureowotgi | |||
| Determiners | Present | -스러운 -seureoun | |||
| Future | -스러울 -seureoul | ||||
| Sentence-final forms with honorific | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain (해라체) | Informal (해체) | Polite (해요체) | Formal (하십시오체) | ||
| Indicative | Non-past | -스러우시다 -seureousida | -스러우셔 -seureousyeo | -스러우세요, -스러우셔요 -seureouseyo, -seureousyeoyo | -스러우십니다 -seureousimnida |
| Past | -스러우셨다 -seureousyeotda | -스러우셨어 -seureousyeosseo | -스러우셨어요 -seureousyeosseoyo | -스러우셨습니다 -seureousyeotseumnida | |
| Interrogative | Non-past | -스러우시냐 -seureousinya | -스러우셔 -seureousyeo | -스러우세요, -스러우셔요 -seureouseyo, -seureousyeoyo | -스러우십니까 -seureousimnikka |
| Past | -스러우셨냐 -seureousyeonnya | -스러우셨어 -seureousyeosseo | -스러우셨어요 -seureousyeosseoyo | -스러우셨습니까 -seureousyeotseumnikka | |
| Assertive | -스러우시겠다 -seureousigetda | -스러우시겠어 -seureousigesseo | -스러우시겠어요 -seureousigesseoyo | -스러우시겠습니다 -seureousigetseumnida | |
| Connective forms with honorific | |||||
| Cause/Reason | -스러우셔 -seureousyeo | -스러우셔서 -seureousyeoseo | -스러우시니 -seureousini | -스러우시니까 -seureousinikka | |
| Contrast | -스러우시지만 -seureousijiman | -스러우신데 -seureousinde | -스러우시더니 -seureousideoni | ||
| Conjunction | -스러우시고 -seureousigo | ||||
| Condition | -스러우시면 -seureousimyeon | -스러우셔야 -seureousyeoya | |||
| Noun and determiner forms with honorific | |||||
| Verbal nouns | -스러우심 -seureousim | -스러우시기 -seureousigi | |||
| Past-tense verbal nouns | -스러우셨음 -seureousyeosseum | -스러우셨기 -seureousyeotgi | |||
| Determiners | Present | -스러우신 -seureousin | |||
| Future | -스러우실 -seureousil | ||||
Derived terms
Korean terms suffixed with -스럽다
- 걱정스럽다 (geokjeongseureopda, “anxious”)
- 다행스럽다 (多幸—, dahaengseureopda, “happy”)
- 만족스럽다 (滿足—, manjokseureopda, “satisfactory”)
- 자연스럽다 (自然—, jayeonseureopda, “natural”)
- 한심스럽다 (寒心—, hansimseureopda, “bitterly disappointed”)
See also
- Adverbial: 스레 (-seure)
- Similar adjectival suffixes: 답다 (-dapda), 되다 (-doeda), 롭다 (-ropda)