웅성거리다

to be making a commotion

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
웅성거리는
아/어Infinitive
웅성거려
-으니Since
웅성거리니
합니다Formal
웅성거립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 웅성거려요웅성거립니다웅성거려웅성거린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 웅성거렸어요웅성거렸습니다웅성거렸어웅성거렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 웅성거리겠어요웅성거리겠습니다웅성거리겠어웅성거리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 웅성거릴 거예요웅성거릴 것입니다웅성거릴 거야웅성거릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 웅성거려요?웅성거립니까?웅성거려?웅성거리니?
과거Past 웅성거렸어요?웅성거렸습니까?웅성거렸어?웅성거렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 웅성거리세요웅성거리십시오웅성거려웅성거려라
청유Let's 웅성거려요웅성거립시다웅성거려웅성거리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 웅성거려요안 웅성거립니다안 웅성거려안 웅성거린다
-지 않다Not (long) 웅성거리지 않아요웅성거리지 않습니다웅성거리지 않아웅성거리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 웅성거려요못 웅성거립니다못 웅성거려못 웅성거린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 웅성거리세요웅성거리십니다웅성거리셔웅성거리신다
과거Past 웅성거리셨어요웅성거리셨습니다웅성거리셨어웅성거리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
웅성거리는
과거Past
웅성거린
미래Future
웅성거릴
회상Used to
웅성거리던

Joining clauses

-고and
웅성거리고
-게-ly / so that
웅성거리게
-어서so / and then
웅성거려서
-으니까since
웅성거리니까
-으면if / when
웅성거리면
-지만but
웅성거리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
웅성거리는데
-어도even if
웅성거려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 웅성거리고 있어요웅성거리고 있습니다웅성거리고 있어웅성거리고 있다
과거Was doing 웅성거리고 있었어요웅성거리고 있었습니다웅성거리고 있었어웅성거리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

사람들은 이상한 웅성거림을 듣고 있다. 그들에게 영향을 미칠 겁니다

People are hearing a strange hum that affects them.

여기저기서 웅성거리더니 결국 모두가, 의장까지 전부 자리에서 일어났죠

First, a murmur went through the rows but then everyone, including the Commissioner, stood up.

구명정에 탄 왕족들은 웅성거리기 시작했어요

I knew I heard you stammering before. You're a commoner.

하지만 이건 심각한 일이었어 의미심장한 웅성거림

Some people, not everyone, and not all the time, but this was a serious, significant hum.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 웅성거리다 in Korean?

웅성거리다 (to be making a commotion) is 웅성거려요 in the polite 해요체, 웅성거립니다 in formal 합니다체, 웅성거려 in casual 반말 and 웅성거린다 in the plain written style. The past is 웅성거렸어요.

What is the past tense of 웅성거리다?

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

Is 웅성거리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 웅성거립니다, 웅성거려, 웅성거리니 all keep 웅성거리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 웅성거리다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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