찌그러지다 Korean verb conjugation

to become crushed, to be squashed, to lose its shape

Every form of 찌그러지다 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
찌그러지는
아/어Infinitive
찌그러져
-으니Since
찌그러지니
합니다Formal
찌그러집니다

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 찌그러져요찌그러집니다찌그러져찌그러진다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 찌그러졌어요찌그러졌습니다찌그러졌어찌그러졌다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 찌그러지겠어요찌그러지겠습니다찌그러지겠어찌그러지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 찌그러질 거예요찌그러질 것입니다찌그러질 거야찌그러질 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찌그러져요?찌그러집니까?찌그러져?찌그러지니?
과거Past 찌그러졌어요?찌그러졌습니까?찌그러졌어?찌그러졌니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 찌그러지세요찌그러지십시오찌그러져찌그러져라
청유Let's 찌그러져요찌그러집시다찌그러져찌그러지자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 찌그러져요안 찌그러집니다안 찌그러져안 찌그러진다
-지 않다Not (long) 찌그러지지 않아요찌그러지지 않습니다찌그러지지 않아찌그러지지 않는다
Cannot 못 찌그러져요못 찌그러집니다못 찌그러져못 찌그러진다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찌그러지세요찌그러지십니다찌그러지셔찌그러지신다
과거Past 찌그러지셨어요찌그러지셨습니다찌그러지셨어찌그러지셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
찌그러지는
과거Past
찌그러진
미래Future
찌그러질
회상Used to
찌그러지던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
찌그러지고
-게-ly / so that
찌그러지게
-어서so / and then
찌그러져서
-으니까since
찌그러지니까
-으면if / when
찌그러지면
-지만but
찌그러지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
찌그러지는데
-어도even if
찌그러져도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 찌그러지고 있어요찌그러지고 있습니다찌그러지고 있어찌그러지고 있다
과거Was doing 찌그러지고 있었어요찌그러지고 있었습니다찌그러지고 있었어찌그러지고 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.

지수가 괴물한테 달려들었지만 바로 찌그러졌어요.

Exponents leaped at the beast and was quickly squashed.

말도 안 돼 자기 완전 찌그러질걸?

He would crush you. What if I throw up?

두 별은 매우 찌그러진 궤도를 수백 년 주기로 돌고 있다.

The two stars share a highly elliptical orbit that takes several centuries to complete.

어느 날, 제가 사무실에 갔을 때 철간판이 많은 이들이 무거운 것으로 때려 찌그러지고 부서져있는것을 보았습니다.

One day I went to the office and found our metal signboard wrinkled and broken as if a lot of people had been hitting it with something heavy.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 찌그러지다 in Korean?

찌그러지다 (to become crushed, to be squashed, to lose its shape) is 찌그러져요 in the polite 해요체, 찌그러집니다 in formal 합니다체, 찌그러져 in casual 반말 and 찌그러진다 in the plain written style. The past is 찌그러졌어요.

What is the past tense of 찌그러지다?

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

Is 찌그러지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 찌그러집니다, 찌그러져, 찌그러지니 all keep 찌그러지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 찌그러지다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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