업신여기다 Korean verb conjugation
to look down on
Every form of 업신여기다 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
- 업신여기는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 업신여겨
- -으니Since
- 업신여기니
- 합니다Formal
- 업신여깁니다
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 | 업신여겨요 | 업신여깁니다 | 업신여겨 | 업신여긴다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 업신여겼어요 | 업신여겼습니다 | 업신여겼어 | 업신여겼다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 업신여기겠어요 | 업신여기겠습니다 | 업신여기겠어 | 업신여기겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 업신여길 거예요 | 업신여길 것입니다 | 업신여길 거야 | 업신여길 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 업신여겨요? | 업신여깁니까? | 업신여겨? | 업신여기니? |
| 과거Past | 업신여겼어요? | 업신여겼습니까? | 업신여겼어? | 업신여겼니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 업신여기세요 | 업신여기십시오 | 업신여겨 | 업신여겨라 |
| 청유Let's | 업신여겨요 | 업신여깁시다 | 업신여겨 | 업신여기자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 업신여겨요 | 안 업신여깁니다 | 안 업신여겨 | 안 업신여긴다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 업신여기지 않아요 | 업신여기지 않습니다 | 업신여기지 않아 | 업신여기지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 업신여겨요 | 못 업신여깁니다 | 못 업신여겨 | 못 업신여긴다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 업신여기세요 | 업신여기십니다 | 업신여기셔 | 업신여기신다 |
| 과거Past | 업신여기셨어요 | 업신여기셨습니다 | 업신여기셨어 | 업신여기셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 업신여기는
- 과거Past
- 업신여긴
- 미래Future
- 업신여길
- 회상Used to
- 업신여기던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 업신여기고
- -게-ly / so that
- 업신여기게
- -어서so / and then
- 업신여겨서
- -으니까since
- 업신여기니까
- -으면if / when
- 업신여기면
- -지만but
- 업신여기지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 업신여기는데
- -어도even if
- 업신여겨도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 업신여기고 있어요 | 업신여기고 있습니다 | 업신여기고 있어 | 업신여기고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 업신여기고 있었어요 | 업신여기고 있었습니다 | 업신여기고 있었어 | 업신여기고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 업신여기다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
여러분과 배우자가 의도적으로 그런 선택을 했기 때문에 주변의 많은 사람들이 여러분을 업신여깁니다.
And because you and your partner consciously made that decision, many in your social circle, they kind of look down on you.
편집자는 상당히 업신여기며 읽어봤는데
The editor said, with enormous disdain, "I read this.
무시당하거나 업신여김을 당하는 사람도 없죠.
No one is talked down to or belittled.
뒤에 있어요! 독일군은 우릴 업신여기지 못할 겁니다
Keep our boys armed and ready, and the Germans will think twice about trying to get the drop on us.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 업신여기다 in Korean?
업신여기다 (to look down on) is 업신여겨요 in the polite 해요체, 업신여깁니다 in formal 합니다체, 업신여겨 in casual 반말 and 업신여긴다 in the plain written style. The past is 업신여겼어요.
What is the past tense of 업신여기다?
업신여겼어요 in everyday polite speech, 업신여겼습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 업신여겨 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 업신여기다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 업신여깁니다, 업신여겨, 업신여기니 all keep 업신여기 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 업신여기다?
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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