들려오다 Korean verb conjugation

to be heard

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 들려오다 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
들려오는
아/어Infinitive
들려와
-으니Since
들려오니
합니다Formal
들려옵니다

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 들려와요들려옵니다들려와들려온다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 들려왔어요들려왔습니다들려왔어들려왔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 들려오겠어요들려오겠습니다들려오겠어들려오겠다
-을 것이다Going to 들려올 거예요들려올 것입니다들려올 거야들려올 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 들려와요?들려옵니까?들려와?들려오니?
과거Past 들려왔어요?들려왔습니까?들려왔어?들려왔니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 들려오세요들려오십시오들려와들려와라
also, archaic들려오너라
청유Let's 들려와요들려옵시다들려와들려오자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 들려와요안 들려옵니다안 들려와안 들려온다
-지 않다Not (long) 들려오지 않아요들려오지 않습니다들려오지 않아들려오지 않는다
Cannot 못 들려와요못 들려옵니다못 들려와못 들려온다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 들려오세요들려오십니다들려오셔들려오신다
과거Past 들려오셨어요들려오셨습니다들려오셨어들려오셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
들려오는
과거Past
들려온
미래Future
들려올
회상Used to
들려오던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
들려오고
-게-ly / so that
들려오게
-어서so / and then
들려와서
-으니까since
들려오니까
-으면if / when
들려오면
-지만but
들려오지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
들려오는데
-어도even if
들려와도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 들려오고 있어요들려오고 있습니다들려오고 있어들려오고 있다
과거Was doing 들려오고 있었어요들려오고 있었습니다들려오고 있었어들려오고 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.

모든 것들이 전세계에서 들려와야 할 결정일 것입니다.

These would be decisions heard around the world.

이 방향으로 들려오는 소리죠

I have the sound coming this way.

이 아름다운 음악은 어디서 들려오는 거죠?

Juggling wolves. Of course, Lisa and Miss Torso do have a lot in common.

어두운 밖에선 밤비가 내리는 소리가 들려왔다.

In the darkness outside, the sound of nighttime rain was heard.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 들려오다 in Korean?

들려오다 (to be heard) is 들려와요 in the polite 해요체, 들려옵니다 in formal 합니다체, 들려와 in casual 반말 and 들려온다 in the plain written style. The past is 들려왔어요.

What is the past tense of 들려오다?

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

Is 들려오다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 들려옵니다, 들려와, 들려오니 all keep 들려오 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 들려오다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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