움켜잡다 Korean verb conjugation
to grasp
Every form of 움켜잡다 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
- 움켜잡는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 움켜잡아
- -으니Since
- 움켜잡으니
- 합니다Formal
- 움켜잡습니다
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 | 움켜잡아요 | 움켜잡습니다 | 움켜잡아 | 움켜잡는다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 움켜잡았어요 | 움켜잡았습니다 | 움켜잡았어 | 움켜잡았다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 움켜잡겠어요 | 움켜잡겠습니다 | 움켜잡겠어 | 움켜잡겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 움켜잡을 거예요 | 움켜잡을 것입니다 | 움켜잡을 거야 | 움켜잡을 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 움켜잡아요? | 움켜잡습니까? | 움켜잡아? | 움켜잡니? |
| 과거Past | 움켜잡았어요? | 움켜잡았습니까? | 움켜잡았어? | 움켜잡았니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 움켜잡으세요 | 움켜잡으십시오 | 움켜잡아 | 움켜잡아라 |
| 청유Let's | 움켜잡아요 | 움켜잡읍시다 | 움켜잡아 | 움켜잡자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 움켜잡아요 | 안 움켜잡습니다 | 안 움켜잡아 | 안 움켜잡는다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 움켜잡지 않아요 | 움켜잡지 않습니다 | 움켜잡지 않아 | 움켜잡지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 움켜잡아요 | 못 움켜잡습니다 | 못 움켜잡아 | 못 움켜잡는다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 움켜잡으세요 | 움켜잡으십니다 | 움켜잡으셔 | 움켜잡으신다 |
| 과거Past | 움켜잡으셨어요 | 움켜잡으셨습니다 | 움켜잡으셨어 | 움켜잡으셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 움켜잡는
- 과거Past
- 움켜잡은
- 미래Future
- 움켜잡을
- 회상Used to
- 움켜잡던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 움켜잡고
- -게-ly / so that
- 움켜잡게
- -어서so / and then
- 움켜잡아서
- -으니까since
- 움켜잡으니까
- -으면if / when
- 움켜잡으면
- -지만but
- 움켜잡지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 움켜잡는데
- -어도even if
- 움켜잡아도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 움켜잡고 있어요 | 움켜잡고 있습니다 | 움켜잡고 있어 | 움켜잡고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 움켜잡고 있었어요 | 움켜잡고 있었습니다 | 움켜잡고 있었어 | 움켜잡고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 움켜잡다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
실컷 퍼마시도록 놔둔 다음 엉덩이를 움켜잡고 끌고 와야겠군요
I'm gonna let that little idiot get nice and liquored up and then I'm gonna go grab his ass and take him to my camp.
저는 너무 힘들고 지쳐있었어요. 뒤로 기울어지지 않도록 필사적으로 바퀴를 움켜잡았어요.
I was struggling, tired, desperately gripping those rims just so I wouldn't tip backwards.
비유적으로 '움켜잡기(grasp)'라는 단어를 사물을 이해하는 뜻으로도 사용합니다.
We use words like "grasp" metaphorically to also think about understanding things.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 움켜잡다 in Korean?
움켜잡다 (to grasp) is 움켜잡아요 in the polite 해요체, 움켜잡습니다 in formal 합니다체, 움켜잡아 in casual 반말 and 움켜잡는다 in the plain written style. The past is 움켜잡았어요.
What is the past tense of 움켜잡다?
움켜잡았어요 in everyday polite speech, 움켜잡았습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 움켜잡아 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 움켜잡다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 움켜잡습니다, 움켜잡아, 움켜잡으니 all keep 움켜잡 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 움켜잡다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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