엿보이다 Korean verb conjugation
to catch a glimpse of, to notice (from a side view, out of the corner of your eye)
Every form of 엿보이다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 엿보이는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 엿보여
- -으니Since
- 엿보이니
- 합니다Formal
- 엿보입니다
현재Present
The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 엿보여요 | 엿보입니다 | 엿보여 | 엿보인다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 엿보였어요 | 엿보였습니다 | 엿보였어 | 엿보였다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 엿보이겠어요 | 엿보이겠습니다 | 엿보이겠어 | 엿보이겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 엿보일 거예요 | 엿보일 것입니다 | 엿보일 거야 | 엿보일 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 엿보여요? | 엿보입니까? | 엿보여? | 엿보이니? |
| 과거Past | 엿보였어요? | 엿보였습니까? | 엿보였어? | 엿보였니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 엿보이세요 | 엿보이십시오 | 엿보여 | 엿보여라 |
| 청유Let's | 엿보여요 | 엿보입시다 | 엿보여 | 엿보이자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 엿보여요 | 안 엿보입니다 | 안 엿보여 | 안 엿보인다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 엿보이지 않아요 | 엿보이지 않습니다 | 엿보이지 않아 | 엿보이지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 엿보여요 | 못 엿보입니다 | 못 엿보여 | 못 엿보인다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 엿보이세요 | 엿보이십니다 | 엿보이셔 | 엿보이신다 |
| 과거Past | 엿보이셨어요 | 엿보이셨습니다 | 엿보이셨어 | 엿보이셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 엿보이는
- 과거Past
- 엿보인
- 미래Future
- 엿보일
- 회상Used to
- 엿보이던
연결Joining 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
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 엿보이고 있어요 | 엿보이고 있습니다 | 엿보이고 있어 | 엿보이고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 엿보이고 있었어요 | 엿보이고 있었습니다 | 엿보이고 있었어 | 엿보이고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2에게 엿보이다
- 1이 엿보이다
- 1이 2에게/에게서/에서 엿보이다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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