중얼거리다 Korean verb conjugation

to mutter, to mumble

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 중얼거리다 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
중얼거리는
아/어Infinitive
중얼거려
-으니Since
중얼거리니
합니다Formal
중얼거립니다

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 중얼거려요중얼거립니다중얼거려중얼거린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 중얼거렸어요중얼거렸습니다중얼거렸어중얼거렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 중얼거리겠어요중얼거리겠습니다중얼거리겠어중얼거리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 중얼거릴 거예요중얼거릴 것입니다중얼거릴 거야중얼거릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 중얼거려요?중얼거립니까?중얼거려?중얼거리니?
과거Past 중얼거렸어요?중얼거렸습니까?중얼거렸어?중얼거렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 중얼거리세요중얼거리십시오중얼거려중얼거려라
청유Let's 중얼거려요중얼거립시다중얼거려중얼거리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 중얼거려요안 중얼거립니다안 중얼거려안 중얼거린다
-지 않다Not (long) 중얼거리지 않아요중얼거리지 않습니다중얼거리지 않아중얼거리지 않는다
Cannot 못 중얼거려요못 중얼거립니다못 중얼거려못 중얼거린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 중얼거리세요중얼거리십니다중얼거리셔중얼거리신다
과거Past 중얼거리셨어요중얼거리셨습니다중얼거리셨어중얼거리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
중얼거리는
과거Past
중얼거린
미래Future
중얼거릴
회상Used to
중얼거리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
중얼거리고
-게-ly / so that
중얼거리게
-어서so / and then
중얼거려서
-으니까since
중얼거리니까
-으면if / when
중얼거리면
-지만but
중얼거리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
중얼거리는데
-어도even if
중얼거려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 중얼거리고 있어요중얼거리고 있습니다중얼거리고 있어중얼거리고 있다
과거Was doing 중얼거리고 있었어요중얼거리고 있었습니다중얼거리고 있었어중얼거리고 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.

보세요, 내가 혼자 남아서 중얼거리고 있잖아요?

See, here I am now by myself, talking to myself.

그리고 아버지가 , 아주 낮은 목소리로, 중얼거렸죠

And my father, in a low voice, muttering,

마지막으로 혼자 중얼거려 본 다음, 그걸 모두 적으세요.

Finally, mutter to yourself, and write it all down.

뭘 중얼거리는 거야?

What are you muttering to yourself?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 중얼거리다 in Korean?

중얼거리다 (to mutter, to mumble) is 중얼거려요 in the polite 해요체, 중얼거립니다 in formal 합니다체, 중얼거려 in casual 반말 and 중얼거린다 in the plain written style. The past is 중얼거렸어요.

What is the past tense of 중얼거리다?

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

Is 중얼거리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 중얼거립니다, 중얼거려, 중얼거리니 all keep 중얼거리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 중얼거리다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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