얻어먹다

to beg for food

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
얻어먹는
아/어Infinitive
얻어먹어
-으니Since
얻어먹으니
합니다Formal
얻어먹습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얻어먹어요얻어먹습니다얻어먹어얻어먹는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얻어먹었어요얻어먹었습니다얻어먹었어얻어먹었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 얻어먹겠어요얻어먹겠습니다얻어먹겠어얻어먹겠다
-을 것이다Going to 얻어먹을 거예요얻어먹을 것입니다얻어먹을 거야얻어먹을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얻어먹어요?얻어먹습니까?얻어먹어?얻어먹니?
과거Past 얻어먹었어요?얻어먹었습니까?얻어먹었어?얻어먹었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 얻어먹으세요얻어먹으십시오얻어먹어얻어먹어라
청유Let's 얻어먹어요얻어먹읍시다얻어먹어얻어먹자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 얻어먹어요안 얻어먹습니다안 얻어먹어안 얻어먹는다
-지 않다Not (long) 얻어먹지 않아요얻어먹지 않습니다얻어먹지 않아얻어먹지 않는다
못Cannot 못 얻어먹어요못 얻어먹습니다못 얻어먹어못 얻어먹는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얻어먹으세요얻어먹으십니다얻어먹으셔얻어먹으신다
과거Past 얻어먹으셨어요얻어먹으셨습니다얻어먹으셨어얻어먹으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
얻어먹는
과거Past
얻어먹은
미래Future
얻어먹을
회상Used to
얻어먹던

Joining clauses

-고and
얻어먹고
-게-ly / so that
얻어먹게
-어서so / and then
얻어먹어서
-으니까since
얻어먹으니까
-으면if / when
얻어먹으면
-지만but
얻어먹지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
얻어먹는데
-어도even if
얻어먹어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 얻어먹고 있어요얻어먹고 있습니다얻어먹고 있어얻어먹고 있다
과거Was doing 얻어먹고 있었어요얻어먹고 있었습니다얻어먹고 있었어얻어먹고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

지나가는 과객이 이 좋은 잔치에 좀 얻어먹자고 여쭈어라

Tell him a passer-by likes to join in this great party to have great food.

행동이라고 말입니다. 그러나 스키너는 우리가 누군가에게 밥을 얻어먹으려고 혼잣말을 하는 것은 아니라고 말합니다.

But Skinner doesn't literally mean that when we talk to ourselves somebody gives us food pellets.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 얻어먹다 in Korean?

얻어먹다 (to beg for food) is 얻어먹어요 in the polite 해요체, 얻어먹습니다 in formal 합니다체, 얻어먹어 in casual 반말 and 얻어먹는다 in the plain written style. The past is 얻어먹었어요.

What is the past tense of 얻어먹다?

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

Is 얻어먹다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 얻어먹습니다, 얻어먹어, 얻어먹으니 all keep 얻어먹 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 얻어먹다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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