엿봐
yuht-bwah
yeotbwa
regular
엿보다
To say to peep politely in the present tense, use 엿봐요 (yuht-bwah-yoh) · yeotbwayo. Below is the full conjugation of 엿보다 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 | 엿봐요 yuht-bwah-yoh yeotbwayo | 엿봅니다 yuht-bohm-nee-dah yeotbomnida | |
| Past | 엿봤어 yuht-bwah-ssuh yeotbwasseo | 엿봤어요 yuht-bwah-ssuh-yoh yeotbwasseoyo | 엿봤습니다 yuht-bwah-sseum-nee-dah yeotbwasseumnida |
| Future | 엿볼 거야 yuht-bohl guh-yah yeotbol geoya | 엿볼 거예요 yuht-bohl guh-yae-yoh yeotbol geoyeyo | 엿볼 겁니다 yuht-bohl guhm-nee-dah yeotbol geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
엿보세요
yuht-boh-sae-yoh
yeotboseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
엿봐요
yuht-bwah-yoh
yeotbwayo
Question Polite (요)
엿봐요?
yuht-bwah-yoh-?
yeotbwayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
엿보고
yuht-boh-goh
yeotbogo
Conditional "if" — (면)
엿보면
yuht-boh-myuhn
yeotbomyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
엿보고 있어요
yuht-boh-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
yeotbogo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
엿보고 싶어요
yuht-boh-goh shee-puh-yoh
yeotbogo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
엿볼 수 있어요
yuht-bohl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
yeotbol su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
엿봐서
yuht-bwah-suh
yeotbwaseo
Noun form — (기)
엿보기
yuht-boh-gee
yeotbogi
Noun form — (음)
엿봄
yuht-bohm
yeotbom