두르다 Korean verb conjugation

to wrap

Every form of 두르다 across the four speech levels. It is 르 irregular — 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
두르는
아/어Infinitive
둘러
-으니Since
두르니
합니다Formal
두릅니다

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 둘러요두릅니다둘러두른다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 둘렀어요둘렀습니다둘렀어둘렀다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 두르겠어요두르겠습니다두르겠어두르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 두를 거예요두를 것입니다두를 거야두를 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 둘러요?두릅니까?둘러?두르니?
과거Past 둘렀어요?둘렀습니까?둘렀어?둘렀니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 두르세요두르십시오둘러둘러라
청유Let's 둘러요두릅시다둘러두르자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 둘러요안 두릅니다안 둘러안 두른다
-지 않다Not (long) 두르지 않아요두르지 않습니다두르지 않아두르지 않는다
Cannot 못 둘러요못 두릅니다못 둘러못 두른다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 두르세요두르십니다두르셔두르신다
과거Past 두르셨어요두르셨습니다두르셨어두르셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
두르는
과거Past
두른
미래Future
두를
회상Used to
두르던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
두르고
-게-ly / so that
두르게
-어서so / and then
둘러서
-으니까since
두르니까
-으면if / when
두르면
-지만but
두르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
두르는데
-어도even if
둘러도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 두르고 있어요두르고 있습니다두르고 있어두르고 있다
과거Was doing 두르고 있었어요두르고 있었습니다두르고 있었어두르고 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.

그 사람은 방 주위을 둘러 봤어.

She looked around the room.

나는 마을을 둘러 볼 생각이 있었다.

I was planning to take a look around the village.

한 번 둘러 보시죠.

So let me take you on a tour.

사람들은 주변을 두르는 길로는 다니지 않습니다.

People clearly don't want to walk all the way around the edge.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 두르다 in Korean?

두르다 (to wrap) is 둘러요 in the polite 해요체, 두릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 둘러 in casual 반말 and 두른다 in the plain written style. The past is 둘렀어요.

What is the past tense of 두르다?

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

Is 두르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 둘러 and 두르니 but unchanged in 두릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 두르다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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