뜯어보다 Korean verb conjugation

to examine with scrutiny

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 뜯어보다 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
뜯어보는
아/어Infinitive
뜯어봐
-으니Since
뜯어보니
합니다Formal
뜯어봅니다

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 뜯어봐요뜯어봅니다뜯어봐뜯어본다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뜯어봤어요뜯어봤습니다뜯어봤어뜯어봤다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뜯어보겠어요뜯어보겠습니다뜯어보겠어뜯어보겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뜯어볼 거예요뜯어볼 것입니다뜯어볼 거야뜯어볼 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뜯어봐요?뜯어봅니까?뜯어봐?뜯어보니?
과거Past 뜯어봤어요?뜯어봤습니까?뜯어봤어?뜯어봤니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 뜯어보세요뜯어보십시오뜯어봐뜯어봐라
청유Let's 뜯어봐요뜯어봅시다뜯어봐뜯어보자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 뜯어봐요안 뜯어봅니다안 뜯어봐안 뜯어본다
-지 않다Not (long) 뜯어보지 않아요뜯어보지 않습니다뜯어보지 않아뜯어보지 않는다
Cannot 못 뜯어봐요못 뜯어봅니다못 뜯어봐못 뜯어본다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뜯어보세요뜯어보십니다뜯어보셔뜯어보신다
과거Past 뜯어보셨어요뜯어보셨습니다뜯어보셨어뜯어보셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
뜯어보는
과거Past
뜯어본
미래Future
뜯어볼
회상Used to
뜯어보던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
뜯어보고
-게-ly / so that
뜯어보게
-어서so / and then
뜯어봐서
-으니까since
뜯어보니까
-으면if / when
뜯어보면
-지만but
뜯어보지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뜯어보는데
-어도even if
뜯어봐도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 뜯어보고 있어요뜯어보고 있습니다뜯어보고 있어뜯어보고 있다
과거Was doing 뜯어보고 있었어요뜯어보고 있었습니다뜯어보고 있었어뜯어보고 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.

그러다 어느 날, 제가 뭔가 뜯어보고 분해하던 중에 갑자기 이런 아이디어가 떠올랐어요. 생체를 하드웨어처럼 취급할 수 있을까?

So one day I was hacking something, I was taking it apart, and I had this sudden idea: Could I treat biology like hardware?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 뜯어보다 in Korean?

뜯어보다 (to examine with scrutiny) is 뜯어봐요 in the polite 해요체, 뜯어봅니다 in formal 합니다체, 뜯어봐 in casual 반말 and 뜯어본다 in the plain written style. The past is 뜯어봤어요.

What is the past tense of 뜯어보다?

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

Is 뜯어보다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뜯어봅니다, 뜯어봐, 뜯어보니 all keep 뜯어보 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 뜯어보다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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