망설이다

to hesitate

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
망설이는
아/어Infinitive
망설여
-으니Since
망설이니
합니다Formal
망설입니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 망설여요망설입니다망설여망설인다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 망설였어요망설였습니다망설였어망설였다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 망설이겠어요망설이겠습니다망설이겠어망설이겠다
-을 것이다Going to 망설일 거예요망설일 것입니다망설일 거야망설일 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 망설여요?망설입니까?망설여?망설이니?
과거Past 망설였어요?망설였습니까?망설였어?망설였니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 망설이세요망설이십시오망설여망설여라
청유Let's 망설여요망설입시다망설여망설이자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 망설여요안 망설입니다안 망설여안 망설인다
-지 않다Not (long) 망설이지 않아요망설이지 않습니다망설이지 않아망설이지 않는다
못Cannot 못 망설여요못 망설입니다못 망설여못 망설인다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 망설이세요망설이십니다망설이셔망설이신다
과거Past 망설이셨어요망설이셨습니다망설이셨어망설이셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
망설이는
과거Past
망설인
미래Future
망설일
회상Used to
망설이던

Joining clauses

-고and
망설이고
-게-ly / so that
망설이게
-어서so / and then
망설여서
-으니까since
망설이니까
-으면if / when
망설이면
-지만but
망설이지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
망설이는데
-어도even if
망설여도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 망설이고 있어요망설이고 있습니다망설이고 있어망설이고 있다
과거Was doing 망설이고 있었어요망설이고 있었습니다망설이고 있었어망설이고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

친구는 망설이다가 이렇게 말했죠.

And then he was confused.

더이상 뭘 더 망설이시는 거예요?

So what are we waiting for?

그는 망설임 없이 불 속으로 몸을 던졌습니다.

Without hesitation, he threw himself into the flames.

저는 망설였고, 두려웠으며, 그건 제가 원했던 경험은 아니었습니다.

I was hesitant and afraid, and it wasn't the experience that I wanted.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 망설이다 in Korean?

망설이다 (to hesitate) is 망설여요 in the polite 해요체, 망설입니다 in formal 합니다체, 망설여 in casual 반말 and 망설인다 in the plain written style. The past is 망설였어요.

What is the past tense of 망설이다?

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

Is 망설이다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 망설입니다, 망설여, 망설이니 all keep 망설이 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 망설이다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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