엿보다

to peep

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
엿보는
아/어Infinitive
엿봐
-으니Since
엿보니
합니다Formal
엿봅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엿봐요엿봅니다엿봐엿본다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엿봤어요엿봤습니다엿봤어엿봤다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 엿보겠어요엿보겠습니다엿보겠어엿보겠다
-을 것이다Going to 엿볼 거예요엿볼 것입니다엿볼 거야엿볼 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엿봐요?엿봅니까?엿봐?엿보니?
과거Past 엿봤어요?엿봤습니까?엿봤어?엿봤니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 엿보세요엿보십시오엿봐엿봐라
청유Let's 엿봐요엿봅시다엿봐엿보자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 엿봐요안 엿봅니다안 엿봐안 엿본다
-지 않다Not (long) 엿보지 않아요엿보지 않습니다엿보지 않아엿보지 않는다
못Cannot 못 엿봐요못 엿봅니다못 엿봐못 엿본다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엿보세요엿보십니다엿보셔엿보신다
과거Past 엿보셨어요엿보셨습니다엿보셨어엿보셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
엿보는
과거Past
엿본
미래Future
엿볼
회상Used to
엿보던

Joining clauses

-고and
엿보고
-게-ly / so that
엿보게
-어서so / and then
엿봐서
-으니까since
엿보니까
-으면if / when
엿보면
-지만but
엿보지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
엿보는데
-어도even if
엿봐도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 엿보고 있어요엿보고 있습니다엿보고 있어엿보고 있다
과거Was doing 엿보고 있었어요엿보고 있었습니다엿보고 있었어엿보고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

엿보는 건 나쁜 짓이야

It's rude to spy, Toby.

관심을 끌기 위해 기회를 엿보네

Look for a sign that enhances chances

그리고 당신은 기회를 엿보았습니다

And you saw an opportunity.

구석에서 엿보지 말고 나오지 그래?

You gonna keep peeking' around that corner or you gonna come out?

Common questions

How do you conjugate 엿보다 in Korean?

엿보다 (to peep) is 엿봐요 in the polite 해요체, 엿봅니다 in formal 합니다체, 엿봐 in casual 반말 and 엿본다 in the plain written style. The past is 엿봤어요.

What is the past tense of 엿보다?

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

Is 엿보다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 엿봅니다, 엿봐, 엿보니 all keep 엿보 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 엿보다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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