움츠리다

to hunch

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
움츠리는
아/어Infinitive
움츠려
-으니Since
움츠리니
합니다Formal
움츠립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 움츠려요움츠립니다움츠려움츠린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 움츠렸어요움츠렸습니다움츠렸어움츠렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 움츠리겠어요움츠리겠습니다움츠리겠어움츠리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 움츠릴 거예요움츠릴 것입니다움츠릴 거야움츠릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 움츠려요?움츠립니까?움츠려?움츠리니?
과거Past 움츠렸어요?움츠렸습니까?움츠렸어?움츠렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 움츠리세요움츠리십시오움츠려움츠려라
청유Let's 움츠려요움츠립시다움츠려움츠리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 움츠려요안 움츠립니다안 움츠려안 움츠린다
-지 않다Not (long) 움츠리지 않아요움츠리지 않습니다움츠리지 않아움츠리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 움츠려요못 움츠립니다못 움츠려못 움츠린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 움츠리세요움츠리십니다움츠리셔움츠리신다
과거Past 움츠리셨어요움츠리셨습니다움츠리셨어움츠리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
움츠리는
과거Past
움츠린
미래Future
움츠릴
회상Used to
움츠리던

Joining clauses

-고and
움츠리고
-게-ly / so that
움츠리게
-어서so / and then
움츠려서
-으니까since
움츠리니까
-으면if / when
움츠리면
-지만but
움츠리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
움츠리는데
-어도even if
움츠려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 움츠리고 있어요움츠리고 있습니다움츠리고 있어움츠리고 있다
과거Was doing 움츠리고 있었어요움츠리고 있었습니다움츠리고 있었어움츠리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

높이를 좀 조정해 주시고요. 약간 좀 움츠려 주세요.

You need to adjust the height of it, and you just do it by shrugging.

그녀는 기회를 잡으려 뛰어들었습니다. 그녀는 움츠리지 않았습니다.

She jumped at the opportunity. She did not flinch.

그는 얼굴이 붉어진 채 수치스러워 하는 표정으로 그의 의자 밑으로 몸을 움츠렸습니다.

He had turned a dark shade of pink and had slid under his chair in apparent shame.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 움츠리다 in Korean?

움츠리다 (to hunch) is 움츠려요 in the polite 해요체, 움츠립니다 in formal 합니다체, 움츠려 in casual 반말 and 움츠린다 in the plain written style. The past is 움츠렸어요.

What is the past tense of 움츠리다?

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

Is 움츠리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 움츠립니다, 움츠려, 움츠리니 all keep 움츠리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 움츠리다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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