들려주다

to tell, to let hear

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
들려주는
아/어Infinitive
들려줘
-으니Since
들려주니
합니다Formal
들려줍니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 들려줘요들려줍니다들려줘들려준다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 들려줬어요들려줬습니다들려줬어들려줬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 들려주겠어요들려주겠습니다들려주겠어들려주겠다
-을 것이다Going to 들려줄 거예요들려줄 것입니다들려줄 거야들려줄 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 들려줘요?들려줍니까?들려줘?들려주니?
과거Past 들려줬어요?들려줬습니까?들려줬어?들려줬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 들려주세요들려주십시오들려줘들려줘라
청유Let's 들려줘요들려줍시다들려줘들려주자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 들려줘요안 들려줍니다안 들려줘안 들려준다
-지 않다Not (long) 들려주지 않아요들려주지 않습니다들려주지 않아들려주지 않는다
못Cannot 못 들려줘요못 들려줍니다못 들려줘못 들려준다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 들려주세요들려주십니다들려주셔들려주신다
과거Past 들려주셨어요들려주셨습니다들려주셨어들려주셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
들려주는
과거Past
들려준
미래Future
들려줄
회상Used to
들려주던

Joining clauses

-고and
들려주고
-게-ly / so that
들려주게
-어서so / and then
들려줘서
-으니까since
들려주니까
-으면if / when
들려주면
-지만but
들려주지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
들려주는데
-어도even if
들려줘도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 들려주고 있어요들려주고 있습니다들려주고 있어들려주고 있다
과거Was doing 들려주고 있었어요들려주고 있었습니다들려주고 있었어들려주고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그는 나에게 흥미로운 이야기를 들려주었다.

He told me an interesting story.

그는 여행에 대해 자세하게 들려줬습니다.

He talked in detail about travel.

이야기를 들려주는 것만큼이나 오래됐습니다.

It's almost as old as storytelling itself.

그녀가 들려준 이야기 중 하나가 저에게 깊이 와 닿았습니다.

One of the stories she told really struck me.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 들려주다 in Korean?

들려주다 (to tell, to let hear) is 들려줘요 in the polite 해요체, 들려줍니다 in formal 합니다체, 들려줘 in casual 반말 and 들려준다 in the plain written style. The past is 들려줬어요.

What is the past tense of 들려주다?

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

Is 들려주다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 들려줍니다, 들려줘, 들려주니 all keep 들려주 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 들려주다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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