달다 Korean verb conjugation

to ask for

Every form of 달다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
다는
아/어Infinitive
달아
-으니Since
다니
합니다Formal
답니다

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 달아요답니다달아단다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 달았어요달았습니다달았어달았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 달겠어요달겠습니다달겠어달겠다
-을 것이다Going to 달 거예요달 것입니다달 거야달 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 달아요?답니까?달아?다니?
과거Past 달았어요?달았습니까?달았어?달았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 다세요다십시오달아달아라
청유Let's 달아요답시다달아달자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 달아요안 답니다안 달아안 단다
-지 않다Not (long) 달지 않아요달지 않습니다달지 않아달지 않는다
Cannot 못 달아요못 답니다못 달아못 단다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 다세요다십니다다셔다신다
과거Past 다셨어요다셨습니다다셨어다셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
다는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
달던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
달고
-게-ly / so that
달게
-어서so / and then
달아서
-으니까since
다니까
-으면if / when
달면
-지만but
달지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
다는데
-어도even if
달아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 달고 있어요달고 있습니다달고 있어달고 있다
과거Was doing 달고 있었어요달고 있었습니다달고 있었어달고 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.

창고에 있는 자전거를 달라고 했어요.

I asked for the bike that was in storage.

내 차는 너무 달다.

My tea is too sweet.

너한테 도와달라고 안했거든.

I didn't ask for your help.

톰은 값을 깎아달라고 했다.

Tom asked for a discount.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 달다 in Korean?

달다 (to ask for) is 달아요 in the polite 해요체, 답니다 in formal 합니다체, 달아 in casual 반말 and 단다 in the plain written style. The past is 달았어요.

What is the past tense of 달다?

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

Is 달다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 달아 and 다니 but unchanged in 답니다.

What TOPIK level is 달다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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