엿보이다

to catch a glimpse of, to notice (from a side view, out of the corner of your eye)

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
엿보이는
아/어Infinitive
엿보여
-으니Since
엿보이니
합니다Formal
엿보입니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엿보여요엿보입니다엿보여엿보인다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 엿보였어요엿보였습니다엿보였어엿보였다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 엿보이겠어요엿보이겠습니다엿보이겠어엿보이겠다
-을 것이다Going to 엿보일 거예요엿보일 것입니다엿보일 거야엿보일 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엿보여요?엿보입니까?엿보여?엿보이니?
과거Past 엿보였어요?엿보였습니까?엿보였어?엿보였니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 엿보이세요엿보이십시오엿보여엿보여라
청유Let's 엿보여요엿보입시다엿보여엿보이자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 엿보여요안 엿보입니다안 엿보여안 엿보인다
-지 않다Not (long) 엿보이지 않아요엿보이지 않습니다엿보이지 않아엿보이지 않는다
못Cannot 못 엿보여요못 엿보입니다못 엿보여못 엿보인다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 엿보이세요엿보이십니다엿보이셔엿보이신다
과거Past 엿보이셨어요엿보이셨습니다엿보이셨어엿보이셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
엿보이는
과거Past
엿보인
미래Future
엿보일
회상Used to
엿보이던

Joining clauses

-고and
엿보이고
-게-ly / so that
엿보이게
-어서so / and then
엿보여서
-으니까since
엿보이니까
-으면if / when
엿보이면
-지만but
엿보이지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
엿보이는데
-어도even if
엿보여도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 엿보이고 있어요엿보이고 있습니다엿보이고 있어엿보이고 있다
과거Was doing 엿보이고 있었어요엿보이고 있었습니다엿보이고 있었어엿보이고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

실제로 그들 눈에서 존재론적 슬픔이 엿보이네요.

In fact, you can see the existential sadness in their eyes.

미국과 러시아 사이에는 서로 한 발 앞서려는 경쟁이 있었고, 그 경쟁은 박람회에서도 엿보였습니다.

There was a bit of an upmanship going on between the Americans and the Russians bringing bits to that exhibition.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 엿보이다 in Korean?

엿보이다 (to catch a glimpse of, to notice (from a side view, out of the corner of your eye)) is 엿보여요 in the polite 해요체, 엿보입니다 in formal 합니다체, 엿보여 in casual 반말 and 엿보인다 in the plain written style. The past is 엿보였어요.

What is the past tense of 엿보이다?

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

Is 엿보이다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 엿보입니다, 엿보여, 엿보이니 all keep 엿보이 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 엿보이다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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