반짝거리다 Korean verb conjugation

to twinkle, glitter

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 반짝거리다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
반짝거리는
아/어Infinitive
반짝거려
-으니Since
반짝거리니
합니다Formal
반짝거립니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 반짝거려요반짝거립니다반짝거려반짝거린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 반짝거렸어요반짝거렸습니다반짝거렸어반짝거렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 반짝거리겠어요반짝거리겠습니다반짝거리겠어반짝거리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 반짝거릴 거예요반짝거릴 것입니다반짝거릴 거야반짝거릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 반짝거려요?반짝거립니까?반짝거려?반짝거리니?
과거Past 반짝거렸어요?반짝거렸습니까?반짝거렸어?반짝거렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 반짝거리세요반짝거리십시오반짝거려반짝거려라
청유Let's 반짝거려요반짝거립시다반짝거려반짝거리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 반짝거려요안 반짝거립니다안 반짝거려안 반짝거린다
-지 않다Not (long) 반짝거리지 않아요반짝거리지 않습니다반짝거리지 않아반짝거리지 않는다
Cannot 못 반짝거려요못 반짝거립니다못 반짝거려못 반짝거린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 반짝거리세요반짝거리십니다반짝거리셔반짝거리신다
과거Past 반짝거리셨어요반짝거리셨습니다반짝거리셨어반짝거리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
반짝거리는
과거Past
반짝거린
미래Future
반짝거릴
회상Used to
반짝거리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
반짝거리고
-게-ly / so that
반짝거리게
-어서so / and then
반짝거려서
-으니까since
반짝거리니까
-으면if / when
반짝거리면
-지만but
반짝거리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
반짝거리는데
-어도even if
반짝거려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 반짝거리고 있어요반짝거리고 있습니다반짝거리고 있어반짝거리고 있다
과거Was doing 반짝거리고 있었어요반짝거리고 있었습니다반짝거리고 있었어반짝거리고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

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

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

창문의 유리가 유난히 반짝거린다.

The glass of the window is gleaming.

우리는 이미 태양계 너머를 가면 별들이 단순한 빛의 반짝거림이 아니란 걸 배웠습니다.

If we go beyond our solar system, we've learned that the stars aren't twinkly points of light.

도시는 보석처럼 반짝거리고, 고속도로는 빛나는 거미줄 같습니다.

Those cities are shining like jewels, highways are traced by webs of light.

별들이 반짝거린다.

The stars are sparkling.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 반짝거리다 in Korean?

반짝거리다 (to twinkle, glitter) is 반짝거려요 in the polite 해요체, 반짝거립니다 in formal 합니다체, 반짝거려 in casual 반말 and 반짝거린다 in the plain written style. The past is 반짝거렸어요.

What is the past tense of 반짝거리다?

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

Is 반짝거리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 반짝거립니다, 반짝거려, 반짝거리니 all keep 반짝거리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 반짝거리다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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