드러눕다 Korean verb conjugation

to lie down, to sprawl

Every form of 드러눕다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅂ irregular — ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
드러눕는
아/어Infinitive
드러누워
-으니Since
드러누우니
합니다Formal
드러눕습니다

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 드러누워요드러눕습니다드러누워드러눕는다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 드러누웠어요드러누웠습니다드러누웠어드러누웠다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 드러눕겠어요드러눕겠습니다드러눕겠어드러눕겠다
-을 것이다Going to 드러누울 거예요드러누울 것입니다드러누울 거야드러누울 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 드러누워요?드러눕습니까?드러누워?드러눕니?
과거Past 드러누웠어요?드러누웠습니까?드러누웠어?드러누웠니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 드러누우세요드러누우십시오드러누워드러누워라
청유Let's 드러누워요드러누웁시다드러누워드러눕자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 드러누워요안 드러눕습니다안 드러누워안 드러눕는다
-지 않다Not (long) 드러눕지 않아요드러눕지 않습니다드러눕지 않아드러눕지 않는다
Cannot 못 드러누워요못 드러눕습니다못 드러누워못 드러눕는다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 드러누우세요드러누우십니다드러누우셔드러누우신다
과거Past 드러누우셨어요드러누우셨습니다드러누우셨어드러누우셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
드러눕는
과거Past
드러누운
미래Future
드러누울
회상Used to
드러눕던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
드러눕고
-게-ly / so that
드러눕게
-어서so / and then
드러누워서
-으니까since
드러누우니까
-으면if / when
드러누우면
-지만but
드러눕지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
드러눕는데
-어도even if
드러누워도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 드러눕고 있어요드러눕고 있습니다드러눕고 있어드러눕고 있다
과거Was doing 드러눕고 있었어요드러눕고 있었습니다드러눕고 있었어드러눕고 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.

드러누워서 하늘을 바라보면서 세상을 바꾸지는 않습니다.

You're not going to change the world by lying on your back and gazing up at the sky, are you?

그냥 드러누워 약에 취하고 싶어요.

I just wanna lie down and get high.

집에 와서 안전모를 침대에 던지고 침대에 드러누울 때만 해도 기뻤습니다.

I stayed thrilled until I got home, threw the helmet onto my bed, fell down onto my bed and realized inside there was an inscription.

저의 한 이웃은 이런 자연의 지혜를 항상 일깨워줍니다. 왜냐면 그 친군 주로 드러누운채 수풀을 바라보며 시간을 보내거든요.

I have this neighbor that keeps me in touch with this, because he's living, usually on his back, looking up at those grasses.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 드러눕다 in Korean?

드러눕다 (to lie down, to sprawl) is 드러누워요 in the polite 해요체, 드러눕습니다 in formal 합니다체, 드러누워 in casual 반말 and 드러눕는다 in the plain written style. The past is 드러누웠어요.

What is the past tense of 드러눕다?

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

Is 드러눕다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㅂ irregular (ㅂ 불규칙). ㅂ becomes 우 before a vowel: 춥다 → 추워요. That is why the stem looks different in 드러누워 and 드러누우니 but unchanged in 드러눕습니다.

What TOPIK level is 드러눕다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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