꿈틀거리다 Korean verb conjugation

to wriggle

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 꿈틀거리다 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
꿈틀거리는
아/어Infinitive
꿈틀거려
-으니Since
꿈틀거리니
합니다Formal
꿈틀거립니다

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 꿈틀거려요꿈틀거립니다꿈틀거려꿈틀거린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿈틀거렸어요꿈틀거렸습니다꿈틀거렸어꿈틀거렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 꿈틀거리겠어요꿈틀거리겠습니다꿈틀거리겠어꿈틀거리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 꿈틀거릴 거예요꿈틀거릴 것입니다꿈틀거릴 거야꿈틀거릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿈틀거려요?꿈틀거립니까?꿈틀거려?꿈틀거리니?
과거Past 꿈틀거렸어요?꿈틀거렸습니까?꿈틀거렸어?꿈틀거렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꿈틀거리세요꿈틀거리십시오꿈틀거려꿈틀거려라
청유Let's 꿈틀거려요꿈틀거립시다꿈틀거려꿈틀거리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 꿈틀거려요안 꿈틀거립니다안 꿈틀거려안 꿈틀거린다
-지 않다Not (long) 꿈틀거리지 않아요꿈틀거리지 않습니다꿈틀거리지 않아꿈틀거리지 않는다
Cannot 못 꿈틀거려요못 꿈틀거립니다못 꿈틀거려못 꿈틀거린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿈틀거리세요꿈틀거리십니다꿈틀거리셔꿈틀거리신다
과거Past 꿈틀거리셨어요꿈틀거리셨습니다꿈틀거리셨어꿈틀거리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
꿈틀거리는
과거Past
꿈틀거린
미래Future
꿈틀거릴
회상Used to
꿈틀거리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
꿈틀거리고
-게-ly / so that
꿈틀거리게
-어서so / and then
꿈틀거려서
-으니까since
꿈틀거리니까
-으면if / when
꿈틀거리면
-지만but
꿈틀거리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
꿈틀거리는데
-어도even if
꿈틀거려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 꿈틀거리고 있어요꿈틀거리고 있습니다꿈틀거리고 있어꿈틀거리고 있다
과거Was doing 꿈틀거리고 있었어요꿈틀거리고 있었습니다꿈틀거리고 있었어꿈틀거리고 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.

제 안의 무언가가 꿈틀거리기 시작했고 그게 무엇인지 잘 모르겠더군요.

Something started kind of stirring inside of me, and I couldn't identify what it was.

산책을 하면 꿈틀거리지는 않겠죠.

If you go for a walk, you don't wiggle.

얘 턱을 긁으면 귀가 꿈틀거려.

His ears wiggle if you scratch his chin.

구더기들이 꿈틀거리는 바람에 손으로 잡기가 힘들었지요.

Apparently they wriggle around. They're kind of hard to grab, these maggots.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 꿈틀거리다 in Korean?

꿈틀거리다 (to wriggle) is 꿈틀거려요 in the polite 해요체, 꿈틀거립니다 in formal 합니다체, 꿈틀거려 in casual 반말 and 꿈틀거린다 in the plain written style. The past is 꿈틀거렸어요.

What is the past tense of 꿈틀거리다?

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

Is 꿈틀거리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 꿈틀거립니다, 꿈틀거려, 꿈틀거리니 all keep 꿈틀거리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 꿈틀거리다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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