얕보다

to underestimate

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
얕보는
아/어Infinitive
얕봐
-으니Since
얕보니
합니다Formal
얕봅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얕봐요얕봅니다얕봐얕본다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얕봤어요얕봤습니다얕봤어얕봤다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 얕보겠어요얕보겠습니다얕보겠어얕보겠다
-을 것이다Going to 얕볼 거예요얕볼 것입니다얕볼 거야얕볼 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얕봐요?얕봅니까?얕봐?얕보니?
과거Past 얕봤어요?얕봤습니까?얕봤어?얕봤니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 얕보세요얕보십시오얕봐얕봐라
청유Let's 얕봐요얕봅시다얕봐얕보자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 얕봐요안 얕봅니다안 얕봐안 얕본다
-지 않다Not (long) 얕보지 않아요얕보지 않습니다얕보지 않아얕보지 않는다
못Cannot 못 얕봐요못 얕봅니다못 얕봐못 얕본다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얕보세요얕보십니다얕보셔얕보신다
과거Past 얕보셨어요얕보셨습니다얕보셨어얕보셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
얕보는
과거Past
얕본
미래Future
얕볼
회상Used to
얕보던

Joining clauses

-고and
얕보고
-게-ly / so that
얕보게
-어서so / and then
얕봐서
-으니까since
얕보니까
-으면if / when
얕보면
-지만but
얕보지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
얕보는데
-어도even if
얕봐도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 얕보고 있어요얕보고 있습니다얕보고 있어얕보고 있다
과거Was doing 얕보고 있었어요얕보고 있었습니다얕보고 있었어얕보고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그놈을 절대 얕봐선 안 돼

He's someone we can't underestimate.

극적인 등장의 힘을 얕보면 안 돼

You guys, never underestimate the power of a Dramatic Entrance.

상대를 얕보지 마라.

Don't take it easy on me.

약간 얕보는 느낌이랄까

Just a little bit talked down to

Common questions

How do you conjugate 얕보다 in Korean?

얕보다 (to underestimate) is 얕봐요 in the polite 해요체, 얕봅니다 in formal 합니다체, 얕봐 in casual 반말 and 얕본다 in the plain written style. The past is 얕봤어요.

What is the past tense of 얕보다?

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

Is 얕보다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 얕봅니다, 얕봐, 얕보니 all keep 얕보 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 얕보다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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