몰라보다 Korean verb conjugation

to be unawares, to not recognize sth for what it is

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 몰라보다 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
몰라보는
아/어Infinitive
몰라봐
-으니Since
몰라보니
합니다Formal
몰라봅니다

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 몰라봐요몰라봅니다몰라봐몰라본다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 몰라봤어요몰라봤습니다몰라봤어몰라봤다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 몰라보겠어요몰라보겠습니다몰라보겠어몰라보겠다
-을 것이다Going to 몰라볼 거예요몰라볼 것입니다몰라볼 거야몰라볼 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 몰라봐요?몰라봅니까?몰라봐?몰라보니?
과거Past 몰라봤어요?몰라봤습니까?몰라봤어?몰라봤니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 몰라보세요몰라보십시오몰라봐몰라봐라
청유Let's 몰라봐요몰라봅시다몰라봐몰라보자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 몰라봐요안 몰라봅니다안 몰라봐안 몰라본다
-지 않다Not (long) 몰라보지 않아요몰라보지 않습니다몰라보지 않아몰라보지 않는다
Cannot 못 몰라봐요못 몰라봅니다못 몰라봐못 몰라본다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 몰라보세요몰라보십니다몰라보셔몰라보신다
과거Past 몰라보셨어요몰라보셨습니다몰라보셨어몰라보셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
몰라보는
과거Past
몰라본
미래Future
몰라볼
회상Used to
몰라보던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
몰라보고
-게-ly / so that
몰라보게
-어서so / and then
몰라봐서
-으니까since
몰라보니까
-으면if / when
몰라보면
-지만but
몰라보지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
몰라보는데
-어도even if
몰라봐도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 몰라보고 있어요몰라보고 있습니다몰라보고 있어몰라보고 있다
과거Was doing 몰라보고 있었어요몰라보고 있었습니다몰라보고 있었어몰라보고 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.

몰라볼 정도로 많이 컸구나

You've grown so tall that I hardly recognize you.

돌아가면 몰라볼까 봐 걱정이야

I worry I won't recognize her when I get back home.

이 사람이 이렇게 사람을 몰라볼까

Don't you recognize me?

근데 제복을 벗으면 나치인지 몰라봐

But you take off that uniform, ain't nobody going to know you's a Nazi.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 몰라보다 in Korean?

몰라보다 (to be unawares, to not recognize sth for what it is) is 몰라봐요 in the polite 해요체, 몰라봅니다 in formal 합니다체, 몰라봐 in casual 반말 and 몰라본다 in the plain written style. The past is 몰라봤어요.

What is the past tense of 몰라보다?

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

Is 몰라보다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 몰라봅니다, 몰라봐, 몰라보니 all keep 몰라보 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 몰라보다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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