흐느끼다 Korean verb conjugation

to sob

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 흐느끼다 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
흐느끼는
아/어Infinitive
흐느껴
-으니Since
흐느끼니
합니다Formal
흐느낍니다

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 흐느껴요흐느낍니다흐느껴흐느낀다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 흐느꼈어요흐느꼈습니다흐느꼈어흐느꼈다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 흐느끼겠어요흐느끼겠습니다흐느끼겠어흐느끼겠다
-을 것이다Going to 흐느낄 거예요흐느낄 것입니다흐느낄 거야흐느낄 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흐느껴요?흐느낍니까?흐느껴?흐느끼니?
과거Past 흐느꼈어요?흐느꼈습니까?흐느꼈어?흐느꼈니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 흐느끼세요흐느끼십시오흐느껴흐느껴라
청유Let's 흐느껴요흐느낍시다흐느껴흐느끼자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 흐느껴요안 흐느낍니다안 흐느껴안 흐느낀다
-지 않다Not (long) 흐느끼지 않아요흐느끼지 않습니다흐느끼지 않아흐느끼지 않는다
Cannot 못 흐느껴요못 흐느낍니다못 흐느껴못 흐느낀다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흐느끼세요흐느끼십니다흐느끼셔흐느끼신다
과거Past 흐느끼셨어요흐느끼셨습니다흐느끼셨어흐느끼셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
흐느끼는
과거Past
흐느낀
미래Future
흐느낄
회상Used to
흐느끼던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
흐느끼고
-게-ly / so that
흐느끼게
-어서so / and then
흐느껴서
-으니까since
흐느끼니까
-으면if / when
흐느끼면
-지만but
흐느끼지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
흐느끼는데
-어도even if
흐느껴도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 흐느끼고 있어요흐느끼고 있습니다흐느끼고 있어흐느끼고 있다
과거Was doing 흐느끼고 있었어요흐느끼고 있었습니다흐느끼고 있었어흐느끼고 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.

그녀는 너무 서러운 나머지 큰 소리로 흐느끼기 시작했다.

She was so saddened that she began to sob loudly.

그만 흐느껴.

Stop whining.

저는 어렸을 적 살던 집으로 가 부모님 품 안에 쓰러지듯 안겨 흐느껴 울었습니다.

I walk into my childhood home and faint into my parents' arms, sobbing.

판도라가 흐느끼고 있을 때 상자 안으로부터 메아리가 들려왔습니다.

As she wept, Pandora became aware of a sound echoing from within the box.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 흐느끼다 in Korean?

흐느끼다 (to sob) is 흐느껴요 in the polite 해요체, 흐느낍니다 in formal 합니다체, 흐느껴 in casual 반말 and 흐느낀다 in the plain written style. The past is 흐느꼈어요.

What is the past tense of 흐느끼다?

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

Is 흐느끼다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 흐느낍니다, 흐느껴, 흐느끼니 all keep 흐느끼 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 흐느끼다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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