악물다 Korean verb conjugation

to grit, to clench

Ungraded 그 밖의 어휘verb 동사irregular ㄹ 탈락 Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 악물다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier: 악무는
아/어Infinitive: 악물어
-으니Since: 악무니
합니다Formal: 악뭅니다

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	악물어요	악뭅니다	악물어	악문다

과거Past

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	악물었어요	악물었습니다	악물었어	악물었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be	악물겠어요	악물겠습니다	악물겠어	악물겠다
-을 것이다Going to	악물 거예요	악물 것입니다	악물 거야	악물 것이다

의문Questions

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	악물어요?	악뭅니까?	악물어?	악무니?
과거Past	악물었어요?	악물었습니까?	악물었어?	악물었니?

명령Commands

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
명령Do it	악무세요	악무십시오	악물어	악물어라
청유Let's	악물어요	악뭅시다	악물어	악물자

부정Negation

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
안Not (short)	안 악물어요	안 악뭅니다	안 악물어	안 악문다
-지 않다Not (long)	악물지 않아요	악물지 않습니다	악물지 않아	악물지 않는다
못Cannot	못 악물어요	못 악뭅니다	못 악물어	못 악문다

높임Honorific

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	악무세요	악무십니다	악무셔	악무신다
과거Past	악무셨어요	악무셨습니다	악무셨어	악무셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present: 악무는
과거Past: 악문
미래Future: 악물
회상Used to: 악물던

연결Joining clauses

-고and: 악물고
-게-ly / so that: 악물게
-어서so / and then: 악물어서
-으니까since: 악무니까
-으면if / when: 악물면
-지만but: 악물지만
-는데and / but (setting up): 악무는데
-어도even if: 악물어도

진행In progress

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Is doing	악물고 있어요	악물고 있습니다	악물고 있어	악물고 있다
과거Was doing	악물고 있었어요	악물고 있었습니다	악물고 있었어	악물고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

1이 2를 악물다

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

어려운 선택들은 괴롭고, 절망적이고, 이를 악물만한 것처럼 보입니다.

Hard choices seem to be occasions for agonizing, hand-wringing, the gnashing of teeth.

이를 악물다

to grit one's teeth

그것은 이로 악무는 것이고 증오였다. 그것은 참을 수 없는 것이었다.

It was an act of clenched teeth and hatred. It was the unendurable.

저는 그 모든 날카로운 말을 삼키며 이를 악물고서, 그 대신에 그들의 거들먹거리는 질문에 하나씩 대답했습니다.

I swallowed every sharp word in my throat, clenched my jaw, and instead answered each one of their condescending questions and statements.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 악물다 in Korean?

악물다 (to grit, to clench) is 악물어요 in the polite 해요체, 악뭅니다 in formal 합니다체, 악물어 in casual 반말 and 악문다 in the plain written style. The past is 악물었어요.

What is the past tense of 악물다?

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

Is 악물다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 악물어 and 악무니 but unchanged in 악뭅니다.

What TOPIK level is 악물다?

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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