뒤떨어지다

to fall behind, to lag behind

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
뒤떨어지는
아/어Infinitive
뒤떨어져
-으니Since
뒤떨어지니
합니다Formal
뒤떨어집니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뒤떨어져요뒤떨어집니다뒤떨어져뒤떨어진다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뒤떨어졌어요뒤떨어졌습니다뒤떨어졌어뒤떨어졌다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뒤떨어지겠어요뒤떨어지겠습니다뒤떨어지겠어뒤떨어지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뒤떨어질 거예요뒤떨어질 것입니다뒤떨어질 거야뒤떨어질 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뒤떨어져요?뒤떨어집니까?뒤떨어져?뒤떨어지니?
과거Past 뒤떨어졌어요?뒤떨어졌습니까?뒤떨어졌어?뒤떨어졌니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 뒤떨어지세요뒤떨어지십시오뒤떨어져뒤떨어져라
청유Let's 뒤떨어져요뒤떨어집시다뒤떨어져뒤떨어지자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 뒤떨어져요안 뒤떨어집니다안 뒤떨어져안 뒤떨어진다
-지 않다Not (long) 뒤떨어지지 않아요뒤떨어지지 않습니다뒤떨어지지 않아뒤떨어지지 않는다
못Cannot 못 뒤떨어져요못 뒤떨어집니다못 뒤떨어져못 뒤떨어진다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뒤떨어지세요뒤떨어지십니다뒤떨어지셔뒤떨어지신다
과거Past 뒤떨어지셨어요뒤떨어지셨습니다뒤떨어지셨어뒤떨어지셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
뒤떨어지는
과거Past
뒤떨어진
미래Future
뒤떨어질
회상Used to
뒤떨어지던

Joining clauses

-고and
뒤떨어지고
-게-ly / so that
뒤떨어지게
-어서so / and then
뒤떨어져서
-으니까since
뒤떨어지니까
-으면if / when
뒤떨어지면
-지만but
뒤떨어지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뒤떨어지는데
-어도even if
뒤떨어져도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 뒤떨어지고 있어요뒤떨어지고 있습니다뒤떨어지고 있어뒤떨어지고 있다
과거Was doing 뒤떨어지고 있었어요뒤떨어지고 있었습니다뒤떨어지고 있었어뒤떨어지고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

교육에서 하는 일은 정말 시대에 뒤떨어져 있습니다.

But the fact is that what we do with education is entirely obsolete.

치료를 받지 않으면, 말하는 것도 뒤떨어질 지경이었습니다.

Without treatment, Anuk's speech will continue to lag behind.

86%는 학년에 비해 영어와 수학 실력이 뒤떨어진 학생들이었으며

Eighty-six percent of them were below grade level in English and in math.

학위를 받고 대학원을 마치는 동안 남학생들은 여학생들보다 10% 뒤떨어집니다.

There's a 10 percent differential between getting BA's and all graduate programs, with guys falling behind girls.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 뒤떨어지다 in Korean?

뒤떨어지다 (to fall behind, to lag behind) is 뒤떨어져요 in the polite 해요체, 뒤떨어집니다 in formal 합니다체, 뒤떨어져 in casual 반말 and 뒤떨어진다 in the plain written style. The past is 뒤떨어졌어요.

What is the past tense of 뒤떨어지다?

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

Is 뒤떨어지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뒤떨어집니다, 뒤떨어져, 뒤떨어지니 all keep 뒤떨어지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 뒤떨어지다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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