살피다

to look closely, to observe

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
살피는
아/어Infinitive
살펴
-으니Since
살피니
합니다Formal
살핍니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 살펴요살핍니다살펴살핀다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 살폈어요살폈습니다살폈어살폈다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 살피겠어요살피겠습니다살피겠어살피겠다
-을 것이다Going to 살필 거예요살필 것입니다살필 거야살필 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 살펴요?살핍니까?살펴?살피니?
과거Past 살폈어요?살폈습니까?살폈어?살폈니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 살피세요살피십시오살펴살펴라
청유Let's 살펴요살핍시다살펴살피자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 살펴요안 살핍니다안 살펴안 살핀다
-지 않다Not (long) 살피지 않아요살피지 않습니다살피지 않아살피지 않는다
못Cannot 못 살펴요못 살핍니다못 살펴못 살핀다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 살피세요살피십니다살피셔살피신다
과거Past 살피셨어요살피셨습니다살피셨어살피셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
살피는
과거Past
살핀
미래Future
살필
회상Used to
살피던

Joining clauses

-고and
살피고
-게-ly / so that
살피게
-어서so / and then
살펴서
-으니까since
살피니까
-으면if / when
살피면
-지만but
살피지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
살피는데
-어도even if
살펴도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 살피고 있어요살피고 있습니다살피고 있어살피고 있다
과거Was doing 살피고 있었어요살피고 있었습니다살피고 있었어살피고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

자 그럼 우리의 현재 상황을 살펴볼까요?

So how does our present moment measure up?

제가 가장 좋아하는 예를 살펴 보겠습니다.

Let me show you one of my favorites.

흔들어보고 어떻게 반응하는지 살피기도 합니다.

We shake things and see what happens.

이제 두 번째 질문을 살펴 보겠습니다. 우리는 어떻게 살아가야 할까요?

Now, how about the second question: How should we live?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 살피다 in Korean?

살피다 (to look closely, to observe) is 살펴요 in the polite 해요체, 살핍니다 in formal 합니다체, 살펴 in casual 반말 and 살핀다 in the plain written style. The past is 살폈어요.

What is the past tense of 살피다?

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

Is 살피다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 살핍니다, 살펴, 살피니 all keep 살피 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 살피다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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