달려오다 Korean verb conjugation

to come running

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 달려오다 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
달려오는
아/어Infinitive
달려와
-으니Since
달려오니
합니다Formal
달려옵니다

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 달려와요달려옵니다달려와달려온다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 달려왔어요달려왔습니다달려왔어달려왔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 달려오겠어요달려오겠습니다달려오겠어달려오겠다
-을 것이다Going to 달려올 거예요달려올 것입니다달려올 거야달려올 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 달려와요?달려옵니까?달려와?달려오니?
과거Past 달려왔어요?달려왔습니까?달려왔어?달려왔니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 달려오세요달려오십시오달려와달려와라
also, archaic달려오너라
청유Let's 달려와요달려옵시다달려와달려오자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 달려와요안 달려옵니다안 달려와안 달려온다
-지 않다Not (long) 달려오지 않아요달려오지 않습니다달려오지 않아달려오지 않는다
Cannot 못 달려와요못 달려옵니다못 달려와못 달려온다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 달려오세요달려오십니다달려오셔달려오신다
과거Past 달려오셨어요달려오셨습니다달려오셨어달려오셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
달려오는
과거Past
달려온
미래Future
달려올
회상Used to
달려오던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
달려오고
-게-ly / so that
달려오게
-어서so / and then
달려와서
-으니까since
달려오니까
-으면if / when
달려오면
-지만but
달려오지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
달려오는데
-어도even if
달려와도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 달려오고 있어요달려오고 있습니다달려오고 있어달려오고 있다
과거Was doing 달려오고 있었어요달려오고 있었습니다달려오고 있었어달려오고 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.

이렇게 정신 없이 열심히 달려왔는데 2주 전에 일이 생겼습니다.

So everything’s been moving along, gung-ho, full speed ahead, until two weeks ago, when something occurred.

우린 아주 열심히 달려왔어

We've been running pretty hard.

당신은 그녀가 달려와 당신을 막을 줄 알았어요

You knew she would come to try to stop you

어떤 남자 분이 제게 달려오더니 제가 언제 공연 하냐고 묻더군요.

This dude ran down on me and asked me when I was going to perform.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 달려오다 in Korean?

달려오다 (to come running) is 달려와요 in the polite 해요체, 달려옵니다 in formal 합니다체, 달려와 in casual 반말 and 달려온다 in the plain written style. The past is 달려왔어요.

What is the past tense of 달려오다?

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

Is 달려오다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 달려옵니다, 달려와, 달려오니 all keep 달려오 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 달려오다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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