녹을 먹다

Korean

Etymology

Calque of Literary Chinese 食祿 (shílù).

Compare Japanese 禄を食む (roku o hamu).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [no̞ɡɯɭ mʌ̹k̚t͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [노글 먹따]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nogeul meokda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nog'eul meogda
McCune–Reischauer?	nogŭl mŏkta
Yale Romanization?	nok.ul mekta

Verb

녹을 먹다 • (nog-eul meokda) (infinitive 녹을 먹어, sequential 녹을 먹으니, hanja 祿을 먹다)

1. "to eat an official's salary": to serve as an official
   • 1883, 아메노모리 호슈(雨森芳洲) [Amenomori Hōshū], “天倫”, in 浦瀬裕, editor, 재간교린수지(再刊交隣須知) (Jaegan'gyorinsuji)‎^{NDL NLK}, 外務省 edition, volume 1:

     他 다른 니는 셔울 가 녹(祿) 먹고 놉푼 벼슬허엿ᄉᆞᆸ네다

     tha talun ni-nun syewul ka nwok mekkwo nwopphwun pyesulheyessopneyta

     Others: Other men go to the capital to subsist on an official's salary and serve as officials.

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 녹을 먹다 (nogeul meokda): consonant-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	녹을 먹는다 nogeul meongneunda	녹을 먹어 nogeul meogeo	녹을 먹어요 nogeul meogeoyo	녹을 먹습니다 nogeul meokseumnida
	Past	녹을 먹었다 nogeul meogeotda	녹을 먹었어 nogeul meogeosseo	녹을 먹었어요 nogeul meogeosseoyo	녹을 먹었습니다 nogeul meogeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	녹을 먹느냐 nogeul meongneunya	녹을 먹어 nogeul meogeo	녹을 먹어요 nogeul meogeoyo	녹을 먹습니까 nogeul meokseumnikka
	Past	녹을 먹었느냐 nogeul meogeonneunya	녹을 먹었어 nogeul meogeosseo	녹을 먹었어요 nogeul meogeosseoyo	녹을 먹었습니까 nogeul meogeotseumnikka
Hortative		녹을 먹자 nogeul meokja	녹을 먹어 nogeul meogeo	녹을 먹어요 nogeul meogeoyo	녹을 먹으십시다 nogeul meogeusipsida
Imperative		녹을 먹어라 nogeul meogeora	녹을 먹어 nogeul meogeo	녹을 먹어요 nogeul meogeoyo	녹을 먹읍시오 nogeul meogeupsio
Assertive		녹을 먹겠다 nogeul meokgetda	녹을 먹겠어 nogeul meokgesseo	녹을 먹겠어요 nogeul meokgesseoyo	녹을 먹겠습니다 nogeul meokgetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		녹을 먹어 nogeul meogeo	녹을 먹어서 nogeul meogeoseo	녹을 먹으니 nogeul meogeuni	녹을 먹으니까 nogeul meogeunikka
Contrast		녹을 먹지만 nogeul meokjiman	녹을 먹는데 nogeul meongneunde	녹을 먹더니 nogeul meokdeoni
Conjunction		녹을 먹고 nogeul meokgo
Condition		녹을 먹으면 nogeul meogeumyeon	녹을 먹어야 nogeul meogeoya
Motive		녹을 먹으려고 nogeul meogeuryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		녹을 먹음 nogeul meogeum	녹을 먹기 nogeul meokgi
Past-tense verbal nouns		녹을 먹었음 nogeul meogeosseum	녹을 먹었기 nogeul meogeotgi
Determiners	Past	녹을 먹은 nogeul meogeun
	Present	녹을 먹는 nogeul meongneun
	Future	녹을 먹을 nogeul meogeul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	녹을 먹으신다 nogeul meogeusinda	녹을 먹으셔 nogeul meogeusyeo	녹을 먹으세요, 녹을 먹으셔요 nogeul meogeuseyo, nogeul meogeusyeoyo	녹을 먹으십니다 nogeul meogeusimnida
	Past	녹을 먹으셨다 nogeul meogeusyeotda	녹을 먹으셨어 nogeul meogeusyeosseo	녹을 먹으셨어요 nogeul meogeusyeosseoyo	녹을 먹으셨습니다 nogeul meogeusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	녹을 먹으시느냐 nogeul meogeusineunya	녹을 먹으셔 nogeul meogeusyeo	녹을 먹으세요, 녹을 먹으셔요 nogeul meogeuseyo, nogeul meogeusyeoyo	녹을 먹으십니까 nogeul meogeusimnikka
	Past	녹을 먹으셨느냐 nogeul meogeusyeonneunya	녹을 먹으셨어 nogeul meogeusyeosseo	녹을 먹으셨어요 nogeul meogeusyeosseoyo	녹을 먹으셨습니까 nogeul meogeusyeotseumnikka
Imperative		녹을 먹으시라 nogeul meogeusira	녹을 먹으셔 nogeul meogeusyeo	녹을 먹으세요 nogeul meogeuseyo	녹을 먹으십시오 nogeul meogeusipsio
Assertive		녹을 먹으시겠다 nogeul meogeusigetda	녹을 먹으시겠어 nogeul meogeusigesseo	녹을 먹으시겠어요 nogeul meogeusigesseoyo	녹을 먹으시겠습니다 nogeul meogeusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		녹을 먹으셔 nogeul meogeusyeo	녹을 먹으셔서 nogeul meogeusyeoseo	녹을 먹으시니 nogeul meogeusini	녹을 먹으시니까 nogeul meogeusinikka
Contrast		녹을 먹으시지만 nogeul meogeusijiman	녹을 먹으시는데 nogeul meogeusineunde	녹을 먹으시더니 nogeul meogeusideoni
Conjunction		녹을 먹으시고 nogeul meogeusigo
Condition		녹을 먹으시면 nogeul meogeusimyeon	녹을 먹으셔야 nogeul meogeusyeoya
Motive		녹을 먹으시려고 nogeul meogeusiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		녹을 먹으심 nogeul meogeusim	녹을 먹으시기 nogeul meogeusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		녹을 먹으셨음 nogeul meogeusyeosseum	녹을 먹으셨기 nogeul meogeusyeotgi
Determiners	Past	녹을 먹으신 nogeul meogeusin
	Present	녹을 먹으시는 nogeul meogeusineun
	Future	녹을 먹으실 nogeul meogeusil