깜박거리다 Korean verb conjugation

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Every form of 깜박거리다 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
깜박거리는
아/어Infinitive
깜박거려
-으니Since
깜박거리니
합니다Formal
깜박거립니다

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 깜박거려요깜박거립니다깜박거려깜박거린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 깜박거렸어요깜박거렸습니다깜박거렸어깜박거렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 깜박거리겠어요깜박거리겠습니다깜박거리겠어깜박거리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 깜박거릴 거예요깜박거릴 것입니다깜박거릴 거야깜박거릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 깜박거려요?깜박거립니까?깜박거려?깜박거리니?
과거Past 깜박거렸어요?깜박거렸습니까?깜박거렸어?깜박거렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 깜박거리세요깜박거리십시오깜박거려깜박거려라
청유Let's 깜박거려요깜박거립시다깜박거려깜박거리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 깜박거려요안 깜박거립니다안 깜박거려안 깜박거린다
-지 않다Not (long) 깜박거리지 않아요깜박거리지 않습니다깜박거리지 않아깜박거리지 않는다
Cannot 못 깜박거려요못 깜박거립니다못 깜박거려못 깜박거린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 깜박거리세요깜박거리십니다깜박거리셔깜박거리신다
과거Past 깜박거리셨어요깜박거리셨습니다깜박거리셨어깜박거리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
깜박거리는
과거Past
깜박거린
미래Future
깜박거릴
회상Used to
깜박거리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
깜박거리고
-게-ly / so that
깜박거리게
-어서so / and then
깜박거려서
-으니까since
깜박거리니까
-으면if / when
깜박거리면
-지만but
깜박거리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
깜박거리는데
-어도even if
깜박거려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 깜박거리고 있어요깜박거리고 있습니다깜박거리고 있어깜박거리고 있다
과거Was doing 깜박거리고 있었어요깜박거리고 있었습니다깜박거리고 있었어깜박거리고 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.

그들은 그저 눈만 깜박거렸고

And they just looked blank.

여기서 파란 불이 깜박거리는 것은 작동할 준비가 됐다는 겁니다.

Basically, the blue lights pulsating indicate that the exo is ready to go.

실제 생활에선 기공을 깜박거리진 않겠죠?

In real life, not just blinking your pores, right?

이 두 현상이 한번에 일어나면, 많은 인상학파의 작품들 속의 빛이 이상하게 고동치고, 깜박거리고, 퍼지게 보일 것이다.

With these two interpretations happening at once, the light in many Impressionist works seems to pulse, flicker and radiate oddly.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 깜박거리다 in Korean?

깜박거리다 (blink) is 깜박거려요 in the polite 해요체, 깜박거립니다 in formal 합니다체, 깜박거려 in casual 반말 and 깜박거린다 in the plain written style. The past is 깜박거렸어요.

What is the past tense of 깜박거리다?

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

Is 깜박거리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 깜박거립니다, 깜박거려, 깜박거리니 all keep 깜박거리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 깜박거리다?

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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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.