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KOREAN VERB

움직이다

to move, to stir (of a person or a thing)

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI move
NegativeI don’t move

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI moved
NegativeI didn’t move

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI move (respectfully)
PastI moved (respectfully)
FutureI will move (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 움직이다

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

  1. Present

    아기가 배 속에서 많이 움직여요.

    The baby moves a lot in the belly.

  2. Past

    지진 때문에 책상이 조금 움직였어요.

    Because of the earthquake the desk moved a little.

  3. Future

    다리가 나으면 다시 움직일 거예요.

    When my leg heals, I'll get moving again.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 허리 때문에 잘 못 움직이세요.

    Grandma can't move well because of her back.

  5. Connectives

    조금만 움직이면 오른쪽 무릎이 아파요.

    If I move even a little, my right knee hurts.

  6. Requests and commands

    사진 찍을게요, 움직이지 마세요.

    I'm taking the photo, don't move.

Good to know

  • 움직이다 is to move in place or get moving; to move house is 이사하다.

Where you hear 움직이다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 3

  • 아기가 자꾸 움직여요. The baby keeps moving.
  • 찍을 때 손이 움직였어요. My hand moved when he took it.
  • 깨면 움직일 거예요. If she wakes she'll move.

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