벌리다 Korean verb conjugation

to open, to spread

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 벌리다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
벌리는
아/어Infinitive
벌려
-으니Since
벌리니
합니다Formal
벌립니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 벌려요벌립니다벌려벌린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 벌렸어요벌렸습니다벌렸어벌렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 벌리겠어요벌리겠습니다벌리겠어벌리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 벌릴 거예요벌릴 것입니다벌릴 거야벌릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 벌려요?벌립니까?벌려?벌리니?
과거Past 벌렸어요?벌렸습니까?벌렸어?벌렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 벌리세요벌리십시오벌려벌려라
청유Let's 벌려요벌립시다벌려벌리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 벌려요안 벌립니다안 벌려안 벌린다
-지 않다Not (long) 벌리지 않아요벌리지 않습니다벌리지 않아벌리지 않는다
Cannot 못 벌려요못 벌립니다못 벌려못 벌린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 벌리세요벌리십니다벌리셔벌리신다
과거Past 벌리셨어요벌리셨습니다벌리셨어벌리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
벌리는
과거Past
벌린
미래Future
벌릴
회상Used to
벌리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
벌리고
-게-ly / so that
벌리게
-어서so / and then
벌려서
-으니까since
벌리니까
-으면if / when
벌리면
-지만but
벌리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
벌리는데
-어도even if
벌려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 벌리고 있어요벌리고 있습니다벌리고 있어벌리고 있다
과거Was doing 벌리고 있었어요벌리고 있었습니다벌리고 있었어벌리고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

자, 입 벌려 들어간다

Open 'em. Open, there we go.

어서 입 벌리란 말야!

Come on. Open your fuckin' mouth.

전 앉아서 다리를 벌렸어요.

And I sat down, and I opened my legs.

난 다리도 벌리는데 아무것도 없어요

I put my legs in the air, and nothing.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 벌리다 in Korean?

벌리다 (to open, to spread) is 벌려요 in the polite 해요체, 벌립니다 in formal 합니다체, 벌려 in casual 반말 and 벌린다 in the plain written style. The past is 벌렸어요.

What is the past tense of 벌리다?

벌렸어요 in everyday polite speech, 벌렸습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 벌려 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 벌리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 벌립니다, 벌려, 벌리니 all keep 벌리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 벌리다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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