쭈그리다

to crouch

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
쭈그리는
아/어Infinitive
쭈그려
-으니Since
쭈그리니
합니다Formal
쭈그립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쭈그려요쭈그립니다쭈그려쭈그린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 쭈그렸어요쭈그렸습니다쭈그렸어쭈그렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 쭈그리겠어요쭈그리겠습니다쭈그리겠어쭈그리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 쭈그릴 거예요쭈그릴 것입니다쭈그릴 거야쭈그릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쭈그려요?쭈그립니까?쭈그려?쭈그리니?
과거Past 쭈그렸어요?쭈그렸습니까?쭈그렸어?쭈그렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 쭈그리세요쭈그리십시오쭈그려쭈그려라
청유Let's 쭈그려요쭈그립시다쭈그려쭈그리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 쭈그려요안 쭈그립니다안 쭈그려안 쭈그린다
-지 않다Not (long) 쭈그리지 않아요쭈그리지 않습니다쭈그리지 않아쭈그리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 쭈그려요못 쭈그립니다못 쭈그려못 쭈그린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 쭈그리세요쭈그리십니다쭈그리셔쭈그리신다
과거Past 쭈그리셨어요쭈그리셨습니다쭈그리셨어쭈그리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
쭈그리는
과거Past
쭈그린
미래Future
쭈그릴
회상Used to
쭈그리던

Joining clauses

-고and
쭈그리고
-게-ly / so that
쭈그리게
-어서so / and then
쭈그려서
-으니까since
쭈그리니까
-으면if / when
쭈그리면
-지만but
쭈그리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
쭈그리는데
-어도even if
쭈그려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 쭈그리고 있어요쭈그리고 있습니다쭈그리고 있어쭈그리고 있다
과거Was doing 쭈그리고 있었어요쭈그리고 있었습니다쭈그리고 있었어쭈그리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

제가 아빠 옆에 쭈그리고 앉았을 때, 그는 제게 자살하고 싶다고 말했습니다.

As I crouched next to him, he told me that he wanted to kill himself.

쭈그리고 있어

Cop a squat.

아버지는 우주복같은 옷을 입고 바닥에 쭈그리고 앉아 있었습니다.

I found him hunched over on the ground in the onesie.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 쭈그리다 in Korean?

쭈그리다 (to crouch) is 쭈그려요 in the polite 해요체, 쭈그립니다 in formal 합니다체, 쭈그려 in casual 반말 and 쭈그린다 in the plain written style. The past is 쭈그렸어요.

What is the past tense of 쭈그리다?

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

Is 쭈그리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 쭈그립니다, 쭈그려, 쭈그리니 all keep 쭈그리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 쭈그리다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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