넘보다 Korean verb conjugation
to look down on sb`s abilities, underestimate somebody
Every form of 넘보다 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
- 넘보는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 넘봐
- -으니Since
- 넘보니
- 합니다Formal
- 넘봅니다
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 | 넘봐요 | 넘봅니다 | 넘봐 | 넘본다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 넘봤어요 | 넘봤습니다 | 넘봤어 | 넘봤다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 넘보겠어요 | 넘보겠습니다 | 넘보겠어 | 넘보겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 넘볼 거예요 | 넘볼 것입니다 | 넘볼 거야 | 넘볼 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 넘봐요? | 넘봅니까? | 넘봐? | 넘보니? |
| 과거Past | 넘봤어요? | 넘봤습니까? | 넘봤어? | 넘봤니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 넘보세요 | 넘보십시오 | 넘봐 | 넘봐라 |
| 청유Let's | 넘봐요 | 넘봅시다 | 넘봐 | 넘보자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 넘봐요 | 안 넘봅니다 | 안 넘봐 | 안 넘본다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 넘보지 않아요 | 넘보지 않습니다 | 넘보지 않아 | 넘보지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 넘봐요 | 못 넘봅니다 | 못 넘봐 | 못 넘본다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 넘보세요 | 넘보십니다 | 넘보셔 | 넘보신다 |
| 과거Past | 넘보셨어요 | 넘보셨습니다 | 넘보셨어 | 넘보셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 넘보는
- 과거Past
- 넘본
- 미래Future
- 넘볼
- 회상Used to
- 넘보던
연결Joining 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
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 넘보고 있어요 | 넘보고 있습니다 | 넘보고 있어 | 넘보고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 넘보고 있었어요 | 넘보고 있었습니다 | 넘보고 있었어 | 넘보고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 넘보다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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?
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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