훑어보다 Korean verb conjugation
to look through, to pass an eye over (a page, a manuscript)
Every form of 훑어보다 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
- 훑어보는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 훑어봐
- -으니Since
- 훑어보니
- 합니다Formal
- 훑어봅니다
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 | 훑어봐요 | 훑어봅니다 | 훑어봐 | 훑어본다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 훑어봤어요 | 훑어봤습니다 | 훑어봤어 | 훑어봤다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 훑어보겠어요 | 훑어보겠습니다 | 훑어보겠어 | 훑어보겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 훑어볼 거예요 | 훑어볼 것입니다 | 훑어볼 거야 | 훑어볼 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 훑어봐요? | 훑어봅니까? | 훑어봐? | 훑어보니? |
| 과거Past | 훑어봤어요? | 훑어봤습니까? | 훑어봤어? | 훑어봤니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 훑어보세요 | 훑어보십시오 | 훑어봐 | 훑어봐라 |
| 청유Let's | 훑어봐요 | 훑어봅시다 | 훑어봐 | 훑어보자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 훑어봐요 | 안 훑어봅니다 | 안 훑어봐 | 안 훑어본다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 훑어보지 않아요 | 훑어보지 않습니다 | 훑어보지 않아 | 훑어보지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 훑어봐요 | 못 훑어봅니다 | 못 훑어봐 | 못 훑어본다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 훑어보세요 | 훑어보십니다 | 훑어보셔 | 훑어보신다 |
| 과거Past | 훑어보셨어요 | 훑어보셨습니다 | 훑어보셨어 | 훑어보셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 훑어보는
- 과거Past
- 훑어본
- 미래Future
- 훑어볼
- 회상Used to
- 훑어보던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 훑어보고
- -게-ly / so that
- 훑어보게
- -어서so / and then
- 훑어봐서
- -으니까since
- 훑어보니까
- -으면if / when
- 훑어보면
- -지만but
- 훑어보지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 훑어보는데
- -어도even if
- 훑어봐도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 훑어보고 있어요 | 훑어보고 있습니다 | 훑어보고 있어 | 훑어보고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 훑어보고 있었어요 | 훑어보고 있었습니다 | 훑어보고 있었어 | 훑어보고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 훑어보다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
저도 나름대로 통계를 훑어봤는데요.
I ran through the numbers myself.
글쎄요, 한번 STEM 산업을 빠르게 훑어봅시다.
Well, let's take a very quick look at the STEM industries, OK?
네? 너가 맡아 애들이랑 문제 훑어봐
Run through the quiz with the rest of the class.
지금 막 훑어보니까 이 문제도 비슷하네요.
I think, just eyeballing it, they want us to do the same thing.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 훑어보다 in Korean?
훑어보다 (to look through, to pass an eye over (a page, a manuscript)) is 훑어봐요 in the polite 해요체, 훑어봅니다 in formal 합니다체, 훑어봐 in casual 반말 and 훑어본다 in the plain written style. The past is 훑어봤어요.
What is the past tense of 훑어보다?
훑어봤어요 in everyday polite speech, 훑어봤습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 훑어봐 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 훑어보다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 훑어봅니다, 훑어봐, 훑어보니 all keep 훑어보 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 훑어보다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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