짓누르다

to press down

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
짓누르는
아/어Infinitive
짓눌러
-으니Since
짓누르니
합니다Formal
짓누릅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 짓눌러요짓누릅니다짓눌러짓누른다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 짓눌렀어요짓눌렀습니다짓눌렀어짓눌렀다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 짓누르겠어요짓누르겠습니다짓누르겠어짓누르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 짓누를 거예요짓누를 것입니다짓누를 거야짓누를 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 짓눌러요?짓누릅니까?짓눌러?짓누르니?
과거Past 짓눌렀어요?짓눌렀습니까?짓눌렀어?짓눌렀니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 짓누르세요짓누르십시오짓눌러짓눌러라
청유Let's 짓눌러요짓누릅시다짓눌러짓누르자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 짓눌러요안 짓누릅니다안 짓눌러안 짓누른다
-지 않다Not (long) 짓누르지 않아요짓누르지 않습니다짓누르지 않아짓누르지 않는다
못Cannot 못 짓눌러요못 짓누릅니다못 짓눌러못 짓누른다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 짓누르세요짓누르십니다짓누르셔짓누르신다
과거Past 짓누르셨어요짓누르셨습니다짓누르셨어짓누르셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
짓누르는
과거Past
짓누른
미래Future
짓누를
회상Used to
짓누르던

Joining clauses

-고and
짓누르고
-게-ly / so that
짓누르게
-어서so / and then
짓눌러서
-으니까since
짓누르니까
-으면if / when
짓누르면
-지만but
짓누르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
짓누르는데
-어도even if
짓눌러도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 짓누르고 있어요짓누르고 있습니다짓누르고 있어짓누르고 있다
과거Was doing 짓누르고 있었어요짓누르고 있었습니다짓누르고 있었어짓누르고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

누군가를 짓누르는 것도 같은 결과가 나올겁니다.

You could be stamping on somebody, it's having the same effect.

참을 수 없는 정신적 압박이 우리를 짓누르고 있습니다.

Unbearable psychological pressures bear down on us.

그 순간, 내 모든 삶의 무게가 어깨를 짓누르고 있었다.

Now, the weight of my entire life was pressing on my shoulders.

우주를 짓눌러 공을 만들어

To have squeezed the universe into a ball

Common questions

How do you conjugate 짓누르다 in Korean?

짓누르다 (to press down) is 짓눌러요 in the polite 해요체, 짓누릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 짓눌러 in casual 반말 and 짓누른다 in the plain written style. The past is 짓눌렀어요.

What is the past tense of 짓누르다?

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

Is 짓누르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 짓눌러 and 짓누르니 but unchanged in 짓누릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 짓누르다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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