바라보다 Korean verb conjugation

to look at

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 바라보다 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
바라보는
아/어Infinitive
바라봐
-으니Since
바라보니
합니다Formal
바라봅니다

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 바라봐요바라봅니다바라봐바라본다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 바라봤어요바라봤습니다바라봤어바라봤다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 바라보겠어요바라보겠습니다바라보겠어바라보겠다
-을 것이다Going to 바라볼 거예요바라볼 것입니다바라볼 거야바라볼 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 바라봐요?바라봅니까?바라봐?바라보니?
과거Past 바라봤어요?바라봤습니까?바라봤어?바라봤니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 바라보세요바라보십시오바라봐바라봐라
청유Let's 바라봐요바라봅시다바라봐바라보자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 바라봐요안 바라봅니다안 바라봐안 바라본다
-지 않다Not (long) 바라보지 않아요바라보지 않습니다바라보지 않아바라보지 않는다
Cannot 못 바라봐요못 바라봅니다못 바라봐못 바라본다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 바라보세요바라보십니다바라보셔바라보신다
과거Past 바라보셨어요바라보셨습니다바라보셨어바라보셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
바라보는
과거Past
바라본
미래Future
바라볼
회상Used to
바라보던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
바라보고
-게-ly / so that
바라보게
-어서so / and then
바라봐서
-으니까since
바라보니까
-으면if / when
바라보면
-지만but
바라보지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
바라보는데
-어도even if
바라봐도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 바라보고 있어요바라보고 있습니다바라보고 있어바라보고 있다
과거Was doing 바라보고 있었어요바라보고 있었습니다바라보고 있었어바라보고 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.

왜 그녀의 눈을 바라보고 있나요?

Why are you looking in her eyes?

우리는 여성의 눈으로 바라봐야 합니다.

We have to have a look at this ourselves.

와서 그걸 바라보는 거야

I come in here and have a look at it.

처음으로 다시 날 바라봤죠

He looked at me for the first time again.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 바라보다 in Korean?

바라보다 (to look at) is 바라봐요 in the polite 해요체, 바라봅니다 in formal 합니다체, 바라봐 in casual 반말 and 바라본다 in the plain written style. The past is 바라봤어요.

What is the past tense of 바라보다?

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

Is 바라보다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 바라봅니다, 바라봐, 바라보니 all keep 바라보 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 바라보다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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