Verbseoul.
으 irregular
신경쓰다singyeongsseudato focus, pay attention, be meticulous

To say to focus, pay attention, be meticulous politely in the present tense, use 신경써요 (sheen-gyuhng-ssuh-yoh). Below is the full conjugation of 신경쓰다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Conjugation table

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
신경써
sheen-gyuhng-ssuh
신경써요
sheen-gyuhng-ssuh-yoh
신경씁니다
sheen-gyuhng-sseum-nee-dah
Past
신경썼어
sheen-gyuhng-ssuh-ssuh
신경썼어요
sheen-gyuhng-ssuh-ssuh-yoh
신경썼습니다
sheen-gyuhng-ssuh-sseum-nee-dah
Future
신경쓸 거야
sheen-gyuhng-sseul- -guh-yah
신경쓸 거예요
sheen-gyuhng-sseul- -guh-yae-yoh
신경쓸 겁니다
sheen-gyuhng-sseul- -guhm-nee-dah

Other useful forms

Command Polite (세요)
신경쓰세요
sheen-gyuhng-sseu-sae-yoh
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
신경써요
sheen-gyuhng-ssuh-yoh
Question Polite (요)
신경써요?
sheen-gyuhng-ssuh-yoh-?
Connective “and” — (고)
신경쓰고
sheen-gyuhng-sseu-goh
Conditional “if” — (면)
신경쓰면
sheen-gyuhng-sseu-myuhn
Noun form — (기)
신경씀
sheen-gyuhng-sseum