넘보다

to look down on sb`s abilities, underestimate somebody

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
넘보는
아/어Infinitive
넘봐
-으니Since
넘보니
합니다Formal
넘봅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 넘봐요넘봅니다넘봐넘본다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 넘봤어요넘봤습니다넘봤어넘봤다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 넘보겠어요넘보겠습니다넘보겠어넘보겠다
-을 것이다Going to 넘볼 거예요넘볼 것입니다넘볼 거야넘볼 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 넘봐요?넘봅니까?넘봐?넘보니?
과거Past 넘봤어요?넘봤습니까?넘봤어?넘봤니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 넘보세요넘보십시오넘봐넘봐라
청유Let's 넘봐요넘봅시다넘봐넘보자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 넘봐요안 넘봅니다안 넘봐안 넘본다
-지 않다Not (long) 넘보지 않아요넘보지 않습니다넘보지 않아넘보지 않는다
못Cannot 못 넘봐요못 넘봅니다못 넘봐못 넘본다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 넘보세요넘보십니다넘보셔넘보신다
과거Past 넘보셨어요넘보셨습니다넘보셨어넘보셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
넘보는
과거Past
넘본
미래Future
넘볼
회상Used to
넘보던

Joining clauses

-고and
넘보고
-게-ly / so that
넘보게
-어서so / and then
넘봐서
-으니까since
넘보니까
-으면if / when
넘보면
-지만but
넘보지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
넘보는데
-어도even if
넘봐도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 넘보고 있어요넘보고 있습니다넘보고 있어넘보고 있다
과거Was doing 넘보고 있었어요넘보고 있었습니다넘보고 있었어넘보고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

네 여자 넘보지 말라고?

You gonna tell me to stay away from your girl?

도리안은 넘볼 생각 마

Don't even look at Dorian!

어딜 또 감히 내 비단을 넘보나? 뱃속에서 생쌀과 끓는 물로 밥 짓겠단 계획보단 낫겠지?

I hope this turns out better than your plan to cook rice in your stomach by eating it raw and then drinking boiling water.

우리 월레건가가 자력으로 가난을 벗어나 감히 귀족이 되길 넘보기 때문인가?

That we Warleggans have dared to drag ourselves out of poverty and aspire to gentility?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 넘보다 in Korean?

넘보다 (to look down on sb`s abilities, underestimate somebody) is 넘봐요 in the polite 해요체, 넘봅니다 in formal 합니다체, 넘봐 in casual 반말 and 넘본다 in the plain written style. The past is 넘봤어요.

What is the past tense of 넘보다?

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

Is 넘보다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 넘봅니다, 넘봐, 넘보니 all keep 넘보 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 넘보다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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