웅크리다

to crouch

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
웅크리는
아/어Infinitive
웅크려
-으니Since
웅크리니
합니다Formal
웅크립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 웅크려요웅크립니다웅크려웅크린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 웅크렸어요웅크렸습니다웅크렸어웅크렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 웅크리겠어요웅크리겠습니다웅크리겠어웅크리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 웅크릴 거예요웅크릴 것입니다웅크릴 거야웅크릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 웅크려요?웅크립니까?웅크려?웅크리니?
과거Past 웅크렸어요?웅크렸습니까?웅크렸어?웅크렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 웅크리세요웅크리십시오웅크려웅크려라
청유Let's 웅크려요웅크립시다웅크려웅크리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 웅크려요안 웅크립니다안 웅크려안 웅크린다
-지 않다Not (long) 웅크리지 않아요웅크리지 않습니다웅크리지 않아웅크리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 웅크려요못 웅크립니다못 웅크려못 웅크린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 웅크리세요웅크리십니다웅크리셔웅크리신다
과거Past 웅크리셨어요웅크리셨습니다웅크리셨어웅크리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
웅크리는
과거Past
웅크린
미래Future
웅크릴
회상Used to
웅크리던

Joining clauses

-고and
웅크리고
-게-ly / so that
웅크리게
-어서so / and then
웅크려서
-으니까since
웅크리니까
-으면if / when
웅크리면
-지만but
웅크리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
웅크리는데
-어도even if
웅크려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 웅크리고 있어요웅크리고 있습니다웅크리고 있어웅크리고 있다
과거Was doing 웅크리고 있었어요웅크리고 있었습니다웅크리고 있었어웅크리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

당신은 교회에 웅크리고 있어요

You're squatting in a church.

저는 몸을 웅크리고, 울어요. 어린아이처럼요.

And I'm bawling, I'm crying, like a little kid.

그 아이에게는 얼마나 따뜻하고 아름다운 마음이 웅크리고 있는가.

How warm and beautiful the mind that lies within that child is.

웅크렸다가 날개를 펴세요

So we're going to squat down and flap your wings.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 웅크리다 in Korean?

웅크리다 (to crouch) is 웅크려요 in the polite 해요체, 웅크립니다 in formal 합니다체, 웅크려 in casual 반말 and 웅크린다 in the plain written style. The past is 웅크렸어요.

What is the past tense of 웅크리다?

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

Is 웅크리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 웅크립니다, 웅크려, 웅크리니 all keep 웅크리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 웅크리다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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