잡아먹어
chah-bah-muh-guh
jabameogeo
regular
잡아먹다
To say to slaughter and eat politely in the present tense, use 잡아먹어요 (chah-bah-muh-guh-yoh) · jabameogeoyo. Below is the full conjugation of 잡아먹다 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 | 잡아먹어요 chah-bah-muh-guh-yoh jabameogeoyo | 잡아먹습니다 chah-bah-muhg-sseum-nee-dah jabameoksseumnida | |
| Past | 잡아먹었어 chah-bah-muh-guh-ssuh jabameogeosseo | 잡아먹었어요 chah-bah-muh-guh-ssuh-yoh jabameogeosseoyo | 잡아먹었습니다 chah-bah-muh-guh-sseum-nee-dah jabameogeosseumnida |
| Future | 잡아먹을 거야 chah-bah-muh-geul guh-yah jabameogeul geoya | 잡아먹을 거예요 chah-bah-muh-geul guh-yae-yoh jabameogeul geoyeyo | 잡아먹을 겁니다 chah-bah-muh-geul guhm-nee-dah jabameogeul geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
잡아먹으세요
chah-bah-muh-geu-sae-yoh
jabameogeuseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
잡아먹어요
chah-bah-muh-guh-yoh
jabameogeoyo
Question Polite (요)
잡아먹어요?
chah-bah-muh-guh-yoh-?
jabameogeoyo?
Connective "and" — (고)
잡아먹고
chah-bah-muhg-ggoh
jabameokkko
Conditional "if" — (면)
잡아먹으면
chah-bah-muh-geu-myuhn
jabameogeumyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
잡아먹고 있어요
chah-bah-muhg-ggoh ee-ssuh-yoh
jabameokkko isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
잡아먹고 싶어요
chah-bah-muhg-ggoh shee-puh-yoh
jabameokkko sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
잡아먹을 수 있어요
chah-bah-muh-geul soo ee-ssuh-yoh
jabameogeul su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
잡아먹어서
chah-bah-muh-guh-suh
jabameogeoseo
Noun form — (기)
잡아먹기
chah-bah-muhg-ggee
jabameokkki
Noun form — (음)
잡아먹음
chah-bah-muh-geum
jabameogeum