꿈틀거리다

to wriggle

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
꿈틀거리는
아/어Infinitive
꿈틀거려
-으니Since
꿈틀거리니
합니다Formal
꿈틀거립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿈틀거려요꿈틀거립니다꿈틀거려꿈틀거린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꿈틀거렸어요꿈틀거렸습니다꿈틀거렸어꿈틀거렸다

Future & presumptive

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

Questions

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

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꿈틀거리세요꿈틀거리십시오꿈틀거려꿈틀거려라
청유Let's 꿈틀거려요꿈틀거립시다꿈틀거려꿈틀거리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 꿈틀거려요안 꿈틀거립니다안 꿈틀거려안 꿈틀거린다
-지 않다Not (long) 꿈틀거리지 않아요꿈틀거리지 않습니다꿈틀거리지 않아꿈틀거리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 꿈틀거려요못 꿈틀거립니다못 꿈틀거려못 꿈틀거린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꿈틀거리세요꿈틀거리십니다꿈틀거리셔꿈틀거리신다
과거Past 꿈틀거리셨어요꿈틀거리셨습니다꿈틀거리셨어꿈틀거리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
꿈틀거리는
과거Past
꿈틀거린
미래Future
꿈틀거릴
회상Used to
꿈틀거리던

Joining 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

In progress

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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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