들락거리다

to be frequently going and coming

TOPIK 5 5급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
들락거리는
아/어Infinitive
들락거려
-으니Since
들락거리니
합니다Formal
들락거립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 들락거려요들락거립니다들락거려들락거린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 들락거렸어요들락거렸습니다들락거렸어들락거렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 들락거리겠어요들락거리겠습니다들락거리겠어들락거리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 들락거릴 거예요들락거릴 것입니다들락거릴 거야들락거릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 들락거려요?들락거립니까?들락거려?들락거리니?
과거Past 들락거렸어요?들락거렸습니까?들락거렸어?들락거렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 들락거리세요들락거리십시오들락거려들락거려라
청유Let's 들락거려요들락거립시다들락거려들락거리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 들락거려요안 들락거립니다안 들락거려안 들락거린다
-지 않다Not (long) 들락거리지 않아요들락거리지 않습니다들락거리지 않아들락거리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 들락거려요못 들락거립니다못 들락거려못 들락거린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 들락거리세요들락거리십니다들락거리셔들락거리신다
과거Past 들락거리셨어요들락거리셨습니다들락거리셨어들락거리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
들락거리는
과거Past
들락거린
미래Future
들락거릴
회상Used to
들락거리던

Joining clauses

-고and
들락거리고
-게-ly / so that
들락거리게
-어서so / and then
들락거려서
-으니까since
들락거리니까
-으면if / when
들락거리면
-지만but
들락거리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
들락거리는데
-어도even if
들락거려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 들락거리고 있어요들락거리고 있습니다들락거리고 있어들락거리고 있다
과거Was doing 들락거리고 있었어요들락거리고 있었습니다들락거리고 있었어들락거리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

병원에 40번이나 들락거린 것도

I'm glad to have been in the hospital 40 times.

경제적으로 무너지면서 결혼도 파탄이 나고 그는 다시 교도소를 들락거리는 신세가 된다.

Embittered and disillusioned by life, he will soon plan his return to prison.

어머니가 몸을 팔았고 자신 또한 몸을 팔고 있는 한 소녀와 감옥을 들락거리던 소년이었습니다.

A girl whose mother had been a prostitute, and she was a prostitute, and a boy who'd been in and out of jail.

제리코 스튜어트는 반평생 감옥을 들락거렸죠

Jerico Stewart. He's in and out of prison more than half his life.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 들락거리다 in Korean?

들락거리다 (to be frequently going and coming) is 들락거려요 in the polite 해요체, 들락거립니다 in formal 합니다체, 들락거려 in casual 반말 and 들락거린다 in the plain written style. The past is 들락거렸어요.

What is the past tense of 들락거리다?

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

Is 들락거리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 들락거립니다, 들락거려, 들락거리니 all keep 들락거리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 들락거리다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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