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하다 verb
안절부절못하다anjeolbujeolmothadato be on tenterhooks, to be on pins and needles

To say to be on tenterhooks, to be on pins and needles politely in the present tense, use 안절부절못해요 (ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tae-yoh). Below is the full conjugation of 안절부절못하다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Conjugation table

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
안절부절못해
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tae
안절부절못해요
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tae-yoh
안절부절못합니다
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tahm-nee-dah
Past
안절부절못했어
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tae-ssuh
안절부절못했어요
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tae-ssuh-yoh
안절부절못했습니다
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tae-sseum-nee-dah
Future
안절부절못할 거야
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tahl- -guh-yah
안절부절못할 거예요
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tahl- -guh-yae-yoh
안절부절못할 겁니다
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tahl- -guhm-nee-dah

Other useful forms

Command Polite (세요)
안절부절못하세요
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tah-sae-yoh
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
안절부절못해요
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tae-yoh
Question Polite (요)
안절부절못해요?
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tae-yoh-?
Connective “and” — (고)
안절부절못하고
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tah-goh
Conditional “if” — (면)
안절부절못하면
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tah-myuhn
Noun form — (기)
안절부절못함
ahn-chuhl-boo-chuhl-moh-tahm