흥얼거리다

to hum a song to oneself

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
흥얼거리는
아/어Infinitive
흥얼거려
-으니Since
흥얼거리니
합니다Formal
흥얼거립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 흥얼거려요흥얼거립니다흥얼거려흥얼거린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 흥얼거렸어요흥얼거렸습니다흥얼거렸어흥얼거렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 흥얼거리겠어요흥얼거리겠습니다흥얼거리겠어흥얼거리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 흥얼거릴 거예요흥얼거릴 것입니다흥얼거릴 거야흥얼거릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흥얼거려요?흥얼거립니까?흥얼거려?흥얼거리니?
과거Past 흥얼거렸어요?흥얼거렸습니까?흥얼거렸어?흥얼거렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 흥얼거리세요흥얼거리십시오흥얼거려흥얼거려라
청유Let's 흥얼거려요흥얼거립시다흥얼거려흥얼거리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 흥얼거려요안 흥얼거립니다안 흥얼거려안 흥얼거린다
-지 않다Not (long) 흥얼거리지 않아요흥얼거리지 않습니다흥얼거리지 않아흥얼거리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 흥얼거려요못 흥얼거립니다못 흥얼거려못 흥얼거린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 흥얼거리세요흥얼거리십니다흥얼거리셔흥얼거리신다
과거Past 흥얼거리셨어요흥얼거리셨습니다흥얼거리셨어흥얼거리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
흥얼거리는
과거Past
흥얼거린
미래Future
흥얼거릴
회상Used to
흥얼거리던

Joining clauses

-고and
흥얼거리고
-게-ly / so that
흥얼거리게
-어서so / and then
흥얼거려서
-으니까since
흥얼거리니까
-으면if / when
흥얼거리면
-지만but
흥얼거리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
흥얼거리는데
-어도even if
흥얼거려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 흥얼거리고 있어요흥얼거리고 있습니다흥얼거리고 있어흥얼거리고 있다
과거Was doing 흥얼거리고 있었어요흥얼거리고 있었습니다흥얼거리고 있었어흥얼거리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

아니, 그냥 흥얼거리는 거야

Usually just notes on a scale.

잘 부를 때까지 계속 흥얼거려 봐요

Hum it, hum it, until you can sing it at the top of your voice.

미구엘은 제가 휘트니 휴스턴 노래를 흥얼거린 것처럼 쳐다보더군요.

He looked at me like I had just quoted a Whitney Houston song.

난 이 노래를 좋아해. 내가 학생일 때 종종 혼자서 흥얼거리곤 했어.

I like this song. When I was a student, I often used to hum it to myself.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 흥얼거리다 in Korean?

흥얼거리다 (to hum a song to oneself) is 흥얼거려요 in the polite 해요체, 흥얼거립니다 in formal 합니다체, 흥얼거려 in casual 반말 and 흥얼거린다 in the plain written style. The past is 흥얼거렸어요.

What is the past tense of 흥얼거리다?

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

Is 흥얼거리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 흥얼거립니다, 흥얼거려, 흥얼거리니 all keep 흥얼거리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 흥얼거리다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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