머뭇거리다 Korean verb conjugation

to hesitate

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 머뭇거리다 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
머뭇거리는
아/어Infinitive
머뭇거려
-으니Since
머뭇거리니
합니다Formal
머뭇거립니다

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 머뭇거려요머뭇거립니다머뭇거려머뭇거린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 머뭇거렸어요머뭇거렸습니다머뭇거렸어머뭇거렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 머뭇거리겠어요머뭇거리겠습니다머뭇거리겠어머뭇거리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 머뭇거릴 거예요머뭇거릴 것입니다머뭇거릴 거야머뭇거릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 머뭇거려요?머뭇거립니까?머뭇거려?머뭇거리니?
과거Past 머뭇거렸어요?머뭇거렸습니까?머뭇거렸어?머뭇거렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 머뭇거리세요머뭇거리십시오머뭇거려머뭇거려라
청유Let's 머뭇거려요머뭇거립시다머뭇거려머뭇거리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 머뭇거려요안 머뭇거립니다안 머뭇거려안 머뭇거린다
-지 않다Not (long) 머뭇거리지 않아요머뭇거리지 않습니다머뭇거리지 않아머뭇거리지 않는다
Cannot 못 머뭇거려요못 머뭇거립니다못 머뭇거려못 머뭇거린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 머뭇거리세요머뭇거리십니다머뭇거리셔머뭇거리신다
과거Past 머뭇거리셨어요머뭇거리셨습니다머뭇거리셨어머뭇거리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
머뭇거리는
과거Past
머뭇거린
미래Future
머뭇거릴
회상Used to
머뭇거리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
머뭇거리고
-게-ly / so that
머뭇거리게
-어서so / and then
머뭇거려서
-으니까since
머뭇거리니까
-으면if / when
머뭇거리면
-지만but
머뭇거리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
머뭇거리는데
-어도even if
머뭇거려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 머뭇거리고 있어요머뭇거리고 있습니다머뭇거리고 있어머뭇거리고 있다
과거Was doing 머뭇거리고 있었어요머뭇거리고 있었습니다머뭇거리고 있었어머뭇거리고 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.

사람들은 장애물을 만나면 머뭇거립니다.

A lot of people kind of balk at the obstacles.

발표를 시작하기 전에 그는 에 하며 잠시 머뭇거렸다.

Before starting his presentation, he uttered uh as he hesitated.

머뭇거리던 그들의 목소리를 기억합니다.

And asking me to do things by a certain time.

이것이 마음에 걸렸지만 그녀는 머뭇거릴 시간이 없었어요.

They linger with her, but Peseshet has no time to dwell.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 머뭇거리다 in Korean?

머뭇거리다 (to hesitate) is 머뭇거려요 in the polite 해요체, 머뭇거립니다 in formal 합니다체, 머뭇거려 in casual 반말 and 머뭇거린다 in the plain written style. The past is 머뭇거렸어요.

What is the past tense of 머뭇거리다?

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

Is 머뭇거리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 머뭇거립니다, 머뭇거려, 머뭇거리니 all keep 머뭇거리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 머뭇거리다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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