비웃다 Korean verb conjugation

to mock

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 비웃다 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
비웃는
아/어Infinitive
비웃어
-으니Since
비웃으니
합니다Formal
비웃습니다

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 비웃어요비웃습니다비웃어비웃는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 비웃었어요비웃었습니다비웃었어비웃었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 비웃겠어요비웃겠습니다비웃겠어비웃겠다
-을 것이다Going to 비웃을 거예요비웃을 것입니다비웃을 거야비웃을 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비웃어요?비웃습니까?비웃어?비웃니?
과거Past 비웃었어요?비웃었습니까?비웃었어?비웃었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 비웃으세요비웃으십시오비웃어비웃어라
청유Let's 비웃어요비웃읍시다비웃어비웃자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 비웃어요안 비웃습니다안 비웃어안 비웃는다
-지 않다Not (long) 비웃지 않아요비웃지 않습니다비웃지 않아비웃지 않는다
Cannot 못 비웃어요못 비웃습니다못 비웃어못 비웃는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비웃으세요비웃으십니다비웃으셔비웃으신다
과거Past 비웃으셨어요비웃으셨습니다비웃으셨어비웃으셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
비웃는
과거Past
비웃은
미래Future
비웃을
회상Used to
비웃던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
비웃고
-게-ly / so that
비웃게
-어서so / and then
비웃어서
-으니까since
비웃으니까
-으면if / when
비웃으면
-지만but
비웃지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
비웃는데
-어도even if
비웃어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 비웃고 있어요비웃고 있습니다비웃고 있어비웃고 있다
과거Was doing 비웃고 있었어요비웃고 있었습니다비웃고 있었어비웃고 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.

사람들이 나를 비웃지 않을까?

Will people laugh at me?

실제로 많은 동료들이 저를 비웃었습니다.

Believe me, I had a lot of colleagues laughing at me.

동료들에게 이 아이디어를 말했을 때, 모두 그를 비웃었습니다.

Now, when he told his colleagues about his idea, they just laughed at him.

다르다는 이유로 비웃기 보다는 나무늘보에게서 배워보면 어떨까요?

So what if, rather than deriding the sloth for being different, we tried to learn from it instead?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 비웃다 in Korean?

비웃다 (to mock) is 비웃어요 in the polite 해요체, 비웃습니다 in formal 합니다체, 비웃어 in casual 반말 and 비웃는다 in the plain written style. The past is 비웃었어요.

What is the past tense of 비웃다?

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

Is 비웃다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 비웃습니다, 비웃어, 비웃으니 all keep 비웃 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 비웃다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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