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KOREAN VERB

빼먹다

to skip, to leave out (a part, a meal, a word)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI skip
NegativeI don’t skip

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI skipped
NegativeI didn’t skip

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will skip
NegativeI won’t skip

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI skip (respectfully)
PastI skipped (respectfully)
FutureI will skip (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) skipping, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) skipping, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I skip
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I skip
  5. But (-지만) I skip, but…

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please skip
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please skip (formal)
  3. Plain command skip! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t skip

How to use 빼먹다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    저는 바쁘면 아침을 자주 빼먹어요.

    When I'm busy, I often skip breakfast.

  2. Past

    이메일에서 제일 중요한 문장을 빼먹었어요.

    I left the most important sentence out of the email.

  3. Future

    이번 주에는 운동을 하루도 안 빼먹을 거예요.

    This week I won't skip a single day of exercise.

  4. Honorific

    선생님이 오늘 수업에서 한 부분을 빼먹으셨어요.

    The teacher left one part out of today's lesson.

  5. Connectives

    약을 하루 빼먹으면 다시 아파요.

    If you skip the medicine for a day, it hurts again.

  6. Requests and commands

    끝에 전화번호는 절대 빼먹지 마세요.

    Never leave the phone number out at the end.

Good to know

  • 빼먹다 is to leave something out, by accident or on purpose: a meal, a word, a class. It has nothing to do with eating.

Where you hear 빼먹다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Fluency Level 2

  • 일라이는 항상 둘째 박을 빼먹어요. Eli always skips the second gourd.
  • 어제 아침을 빼먹었어요. Yesterday I skipped breakfast.
  • 다음 주에는 한 줄도 안 빼먹을 거예요. Next week I won't skip a single line.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.