잡아먹다 Korean verb conjugation
to slaughter and eat
Every form of 잡아먹다 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
- 잡아먹는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 잡아먹어
- -으니Since
- 잡아먹으니
- 합니다Formal
- 잡아먹습니다
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 | 잡아먹어요 | 잡아먹습니다 | 잡아먹어 | 잡아먹는다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 잡아먹었어요 | 잡아먹었습니다 | 잡아먹었어 | 잡아먹었다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 잡아먹겠어요 | 잡아먹겠습니다 | 잡아먹겠어 | 잡아먹겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 잡아먹을 거예요 | 잡아먹을 것입니다 | 잡아먹을 거야 | 잡아먹을 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 잡아먹어요? | 잡아먹습니까? | 잡아먹어? | 잡아먹니? |
| 과거Past | 잡아먹었어요? | 잡아먹었습니까? | 잡아먹었어? | 잡아먹었니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 잡아먹으세요 | 잡아먹으십시오 | 잡아먹어 | 잡아먹어라 |
| 청유Let's | 잡아먹어요 | 잡아먹읍시다 | 잡아먹어 | 잡아먹자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 잡아먹어요 | 안 잡아먹습니다 | 안 잡아먹어 | 안 잡아먹는다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 잡아먹지 않아요 | 잡아먹지 않습니다 | 잡아먹지 않아 | 잡아먹지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 잡아먹어요 | 못 잡아먹습니다 | 못 잡아먹어 | 못 잡아먹는다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 잡아먹으세요 | 잡아먹으십니다 | 잡아먹으셔 | 잡아먹으신다 |
| 과거Past | 잡아먹으셨어요 | 잡아먹으셨습니다 | 잡아먹으셨어 | 잡아먹으셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 잡아먹는
- 과거Past
- 잡아먹은
- 미래Future
- 잡아먹을
- 회상Used to
- 잡아먹던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 잡아먹고
- -게-ly / so that
- 잡아먹게
- -어서so / and then
- 잡아먹어서
- -으니까since
- 잡아먹으니까
- -으면if / when
- 잡아먹으면
- -지만but
- 잡아먹지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 잡아먹는데
- -어도even if
- 잡아먹어도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 잡아먹고 있어요 | 잡아먹고 있습니다 | 잡아먹고 있어 | 잡아먹고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 잡아먹고 있었어요 | 잡아먹고 있었습니다 | 잡아먹고 있었어 | 잡아먹고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 잡아먹다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
여기에는 대가가 뒤따릅니다. 우리의 시간, 돈, 건강을 잡아먹죠.
And this comes at tremendous expense, costing us our time, our money and our health.
난 애 안 잡아먹어.
I don't eat babies.
우린 아기를 잡아먹지 않아
We don't eat babies!
어린 아이들을 잡아먹는 거죠
And they are eating little children.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 잡아먹다 in Korean?
잡아먹다 (to slaughter and eat) is 잡아먹어요 in the polite 해요체, 잡아먹습니다 in formal 합니다체, 잡아먹어 in casual 반말 and 잡아먹는다 in the plain written style. The past is 잡아먹었어요.
What is the past tense of 잡아먹다?
잡아먹었어요 in everyday polite speech, 잡아먹었습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 잡아먹어 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 잡아먹다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 잡아먹습니다, 잡아먹어, 잡아먹으니 all keep 잡아먹 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 잡아먹다?
3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.
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