Let's learn about "덜렁대다"

그녀는 (천성적으로) 덜렁대요 : She’s not careful; She’s such a clumsy person; She’s careless by nature; She’s such a butterfingers.

ex)

A. 에리카가 또 커피를 쏟았다고? : Erica spilled coffee again?

B. 네, 정말 덜렁대요 : Yeah. She’s such a clumsy person

[other expressions]

- 그녀는 (천성적으로) 덜렁댄다. (to younger people or friends)

- 그녀는 (천성적으로) 덜렁대네. (to younger people or friends)

- 그녀는 (천성적으로) 덜렁대. (to younger people or friends)

- 그녀는 (천성적으로) 덜렁대네요. (honourific by '요')

- 그녀는 (천성적으로) 덜렁대요. (honourific by '요')

- 그녀는 (천성적으로) 덜렁댑니다. (formal; more honourific by '스‘)

[explanations]

* 그녀 : she <-- 그(that) + 녀/여(woman)

* -는 : a particle makes 그녀 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 서투른 / 부주의한 : clumsy

* 물건을 잘 떨어뜨리는 사람 : butterfingers

* 천성 : [天性] (one's) nature; (one's) natural constitution; one's innate disposition[character / temperament]

- 사람의 천성 : the nature of human beings

- 목소리가 나쁜 것은 천성이다 : I was born with a bad voice

- 그는 천성이 과묵하다 : He is naturally reticent. / He is reticent by nature

- 습관은 제2의 천성이라 말한다 : Habit is said to be second nature

- 낙천적인 것이 그의 천성이다 : His optimism is inborn. / He is optimistic by nature

* 천성의 = 천성적인 : natural / constitutional / born / inborn / inherent

- 그의 천성인 의협심에서 그는 그녀를 도왔다 : He helped the woman out of his natural[inborn / innate] sympathy for the weak and unfortunate

* 천성적으로 : by nature / by birth / naturally

- 그는 천성적으로 명랑하다 : He was born with a cheerful disposition

* 덜렁대다 = 덜렁거리다 : (1) (행동이) be restless; conduct[behave] oneself flippantly; [=신중하지 못하게 행동하다] act hastily [rashly / carelessly / frivolously]; be always on the go (2) (소리가) tinkle; clink; jingle; jingle-jangle (3) [= 공중에서 흔들리다] swing;  dangle

- 덜렁거리는 사람 : a flighty [hasty] person / a bustling fellow

- 덜렁거리면서 돌아다니다 : hustle[bustle] about / go around restlessly / can't sit still a minute

- 덜렁거리지 좀 마라 : Don't be so hasty. / Calm yourself. / Take it easy

- 덜렁 덜렁거리는 소리 내지 마라 : Don't make a rattling sound

- 너 바지에 덜렁거리는 그거 뭐야? : What's that fluttering thing on your pants?

* 덜렁댑니다 : 덜렁대(the stem of 덜렁대다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 / -아 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -어 / -아 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스-' / '-ㅂ'