들리다

to be caught (a cold)

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
들리는
아/어Infinitive
들려
-으니Since
들리니
합니다Formal
들립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 들려요들립니다들려들린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 들렸어요들렸습니다들렸어들렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 들리겠어요들리겠습니다들리겠어들리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 들릴 거예요들릴 것입니다들릴 거야들릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 들려요?들립니까?들려?들리니?
과거Past 들렸어요?들렸습니까?들렸어?들렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 들리세요들리십시오들려들려라
청유Let's 들려요들립시다들려들리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 들려요안 들립니다안 들려안 들린다
-지 않다Not (long) 들리지 않아요들리지 않습니다들리지 않아들리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 들려요못 들립니다못 들려못 들린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 들리세요들리십니다들리셔들리신다
과거Past 들리셨어요들리셨습니다들리셨어들리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
들리는
과거Past
들린
미래Future
들릴
회상Used to
들리던

Joining clauses

-고and
들리고
-게-ly / so that
들리게
-어서so / and then
들려서
-으니까since
들리니까
-으면if / when
들리면
-지만but
들리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
들리는데
-어도even if
들려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 들리고 있어요들리고 있습니다들리고 있어들리고 있다
과거Was doing 들리고 있었어요들리고 있었습니다들리고 있었어들리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

뭔가 들린 사람 있어?

Did someone hear something?

그래. 내 말 들리니?

Oh, you can hear me?

이야기를 하나 들려드리죠.

I'm going to tell you a story.

아빠 말이 들리지 않잖아요.

They can't hear you.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 들리다 in Korean?

들리다 (to be caught (a cold)) is 들려요 in the polite 해요체, 들립니다 in formal 합니다체, 들려 in casual 반말 and 들린다 in the plain written style. The past is 들렸어요.

What is the past tense of 들리다?

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

Is 들리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 들립니다, 들려, 들리니 all keep 들리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 들리다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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