서성거리다 Korean verb conjugation

your unsettled mind makes you wander

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 서성거리다 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
서성거리는
아/어Infinitive
서성거려
-으니Since
서성거리니
합니다Formal
서성거립니다

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 서성거려요서성거립니다서성거려서성거린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 서성거렸어요서성거렸습니다서성거렸어서성거렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 서성거리겠어요서성거리겠습니다서성거리겠어서성거리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 서성거릴 거예요서성거릴 것입니다서성거릴 거야서성거릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 서성거려요?서성거립니까?서성거려?서성거리니?
과거Past 서성거렸어요?서성거렸습니까?서성거렸어?서성거렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 서성거리세요서성거리십시오서성거려서성거려라
청유Let's 서성거려요서성거립시다서성거려서성거리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 서성거려요안 서성거립니다안 서성거려안 서성거린다
-지 않다Not (long) 서성거리지 않아요서성거리지 않습니다서성거리지 않아서성거리지 않는다
Cannot 못 서성거려요못 서성거립니다못 서성거려못 서성거린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 서성거리세요서성거리십니다서성거리셔서성거리신다
과거Past 서성거리셨어요서성거리셨습니다서성거리셨어서성거리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
서성거리는
과거Past
서성거린
미래Future
서성거릴
회상Used to
서성거리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
서성거리고
-게-ly / so that
서성거리게
-어서so / and then
서성거려서
-으니까since
서성거리니까
-으면if / when
서성거리면
-지만but
서성거리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
서성거리는데
-어도even if
서성거려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 서성거리고 있어요서성거리고 있습니다서성거리고 있어서성거리고 있다
과거Was doing 서성거리고 있었어요서성거리고 있었습니다서성거리고 있었어서성거리고 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.

사실 조금 서성거리고 있었어

You know, I-I was pacing a little.

그녀는 방 밖에서 이리저리 서성거렸다.

She wandered from here to there outside the room.

그만 좀 서성거릴래?

Will you stop pacing?

서성거리고 있었구나 그렇지?

You've been pacing, haven't you?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 서성거리다 in Korean?

서성거리다 (your unsettled mind makes you wander) is 서성거려요 in the polite 해요체, 서성거립니다 in formal 합니다체, 서성거려 in casual 반말 and 서성거린다 in the plain written style. The past is 서성거렸어요.

What is the past tense of 서성거리다?

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

Is 서성거리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 서성거립니다, 서성거려, 서성거리니 all keep 서성거리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 서성거리다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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