만지작거리다 Korean verb conjugation

to fiddle with

Ungraded 그 밖의 어휘verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 만지작거리다 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: 만지작거리는
아/어Infinitive: 만지작거려
-으니Since: 만지작거리니
합니다Formal: 만지작거립니다

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.

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	만지작거려요	만지작거립니다	만지작거려	만지작거린다

과거Past

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	만지작거렸어요	만지작거렸습니다	만지작거렸어	만지작거렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be	만지작거리겠어요	만지작거리겠습니다	만지작거리겠어	만지작거리겠다
-을 것이다Going to	만지작거릴 거예요	만지작거릴 것입니다	만지작거릴 거야	만지작거릴 것이다

의문Questions

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	만지작거려요?	만지작거립니까?	만지작거려?	만지작거리니?
과거Past	만지작거렸어요?	만지작거렸습니까?	만지작거렸어?	만지작거렸니?

명령Commands

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
명령Do it	만지작거리세요	만지작거리십시오	만지작거려	만지작거려라
청유Let's	만지작거려요	만지작거립시다	만지작거려	만지작거리자

부정Negation

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
안Not (short)	안 만지작거려요	안 만지작거립니다	안 만지작거려	안 만지작거린다
-지 않다Not (long)	만지작거리지 않아요	만지작거리지 않습니다	만지작거리지 않아	만지작거리지 않는다
못Cannot	못 만지작거려요	못 만지작거립니다	못 만지작거려	못 만지작거린다

높임Honorific

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	만지작거리세요	만지작거리십니다	만지작거리셔	만지작거리신다
과거Past	만지작거리셨어요	만지작거리셨습니다	만지작거리셨어	만지작거리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present: 만지작거리는
과거Past: 만지작거린
미래Future: 만지작거릴
회상Used to: 만지작거리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and: 만지작거리고
-게-ly / so that: 만지작거리게
-어서so / and then: 만지작거려서
-으니까since: 만지작거리니까
-으면if / when: 만지작거리면
-지만but: 만지작거리지만
-는데and / but (setting up): 만지작거리는데
-어도even if: 만지작거려도

진행In progress

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Is doing	만지작거리고 있어요	만지작거리고 있습니다	만지작거리고 있어	만지작거리고 있다
과거Was doing	만지작거리고 있었어요	만지작거리고 있었습니다	만지작거리고 있었어	만지작거리고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

1이 2를 만지작거리다

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

이러저리 돌아다니고 옷을 만지작거립니다.

They would walk around. They would play with their skirts and pants.

봤지, 꿈에 나타나서 거시기 만지작거리지 말라고 말씀은 했지만..

Yeah, she showed up in a dream and told me not to play with the parts.

이 카드를 만지작거리다 보면 카드를 접었을 때 간단한 이야기가 펼쳐진다는 걸 깨닫게 됩니다.

As people tinker with it, they discover that bending the card brings them through this simple story.

철학자들은 과학진흥협회 회원들처럼 화석 더미를 만지작거리거나 전기 전지로 난잡한 실험 따위는 하지 않는다는 것입니다.

They were not mucking around in the fossil pits or conducting messy experiments with electrical piles like the members of the British Association.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 만지작거리다 in Korean?

만지작거리다 (to fiddle with) is 만지작거려요 in the polite 해요체, 만지작거립니다 in formal 합니다체, 만지작거려 in casual 반말 and 만지작거린다 in the plain written style. The past is 만지작거렸어요.

What is the past tense of 만지작거리다?

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

Is 만지작거리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 만지작거립니다, 만지작거려, 만지작거리니 all keep 만지작거리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 만지작거리다?

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.