찡그리다

to frown

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
찡그리는
아/어Infinitive
찡그려
-으니Since
찡그리니
합니다Formal
찡그립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 찡그려요찡그립니다찡그려찡그린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 찡그렸어요찡그렸습니다찡그렸어찡그렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 찡그리겠어요찡그리겠습니다찡그리겠어찡그리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 찡그릴 거예요찡그릴 것입니다찡그릴 거야찡그릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찡그려요?찡그립니까?찡그려?찡그리니?
과거Past 찡그렸어요?찡그렸습니까?찡그렸어?찡그렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 찡그리세요찡그리십시오찡그려찡그려라
청유Let's 찡그려요찡그립시다찡그려찡그리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 찡그려요안 찡그립니다안 찡그려안 찡그린다
-지 않다Not (long) 찡그리지 않아요찡그리지 않습니다찡그리지 않아찡그리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 찡그려요못 찡그립니다못 찡그려못 찡그린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찡그리세요찡그리십니다찡그리셔찡그리신다
과거Past 찡그리셨어요찡그리셨습니다찡그리셨어찡그리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
찡그리는
과거Past
찡그린
미래Future
찡그릴
회상Used to
찡그리던

Joining clauses

-고and
찡그리고
-게-ly / so that
찡그리게
-어서so / and then
찡그려서
-으니까since
찡그리니까
-으면if / when
찡그리면
-지만but
찡그리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
찡그리는데
-어도even if
찡그려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 찡그리고 있어요찡그리고 있습니다찡그리고 있어찡그리고 있다
과거Was doing 찡그리고 있었어요찡그리고 있었습니다찡그리고 있었어찡그리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

다른 예로 활동 단위 4번은 눈썹을 찡그리는 것입니다.

Another example is action unit 4. It's the brow furrow.

얼굴 형태만 변하는 게 아니라 얼굴을 찡그리고 주름이 생기고

You can see things. Not only the face shape changes, but all sorts of different skin buckling and skin wrinkling occurs.

곳곳에 찡그리는 표정이 보이네요.

And I'm seeing a lot of furrowed brows out there.

그래서 지금 얼굴 찡그리고 있는 겁니다

That's exactly what I'm imagining during this frown.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 찡그리다 in Korean?

찡그리다 (to frown) is 찡그려요 in the polite 해요체, 찡그립니다 in formal 합니다체, 찡그려 in casual 반말 and 찡그린다 in the plain written style. The past is 찡그렸어요.

What is the past tense of 찡그리다?

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

Is 찡그리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 찡그립니다, 찡그려, 찡그리니 all keep 찡그리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 찡그리다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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