붙잡아
boot-chah-bah
butjaba
regular
붙잡다
To say to seize, to grab politely in the present tense, use 붙잡아요 (boot-chah-bah-yoh) · butjabayo. Below is the full conjugation of 붙잡다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.
Grammar note (regular): Regular verbs and adjectives conjugate predictably. Before 어-series suffixes, vowels may contract (가 + 아 → 가, 보 + 아 → 봐), but no consonant in the stem changes. If the final vowel of the stem is ㅏ or ㅗ, use 아; otherwise use 어. Consonant-final stems: 먹 + 어 → 먹어; vowel-final: 가 + 아 → 가.
Conjugation table
pron. = pronunciation guide · RR = Revised Romanization
| Tense | Casual (반말) | Polite (요) | Formal (합니다) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | 붙잡아요 boot-chah-bah-yoh butjabayo | 붙잡습니다 boot-chahp-sseum-nee-dah butjapsseumnida | |
| Past | 붙잡았어 boot-chah-bah-ssuh butjabasseo | 붙잡았어요 boot-chah-bah-ssuh-yoh butjabasseoyo | 붙잡았습니다 boot-chah-bah-sseum-nee-dah butjabasseumnida |
| Future | 붙잡을 거야 boot-chah-beul guh-yah butjabeul geoya | 붙잡을 거예요 boot-chah-beul guh-yae-yoh butjabeul geoyeyo | 붙잡을 겁니다 boot-chah-beul guhm-nee-dah butjabeul geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
붙잡으세요
boot-chah-beu-sae-yoh
butjabeuseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
붙잡아요
boot-chah-bah-yoh
butjabayo
Question Polite (요)
붙잡아요?
boot-chah-bah-yoh-?
butjabayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
붙잡고
boot-chahp-goh
butjapgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
붙잡으면
boot-chah-beu-myuhn
butjabeumyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
붙잡고 있어요
boot-chahp-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
butjapgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
붙잡고 싶어요
boot-chahp-goh shee-puh-yoh
butjapgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
붙잡을 수 있어요
boot-chah-beul soo ee-ssuh-yoh
butjabeul su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
붙잡아서
boot-chah-bah-suh
butjabaseo
Noun form — (기)
붙잡기
boot-chahp-gee
butjapgi
Noun form — (음)
붙잡음
boot-chah-beum
butjabeum