얼다 Korean verb conjugation

to freeze

Every form of 얼다 across the four speech levels. It is ㄹ dropping — ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
어는
아/어Infinitive
얼어
-으니Since
어니
합니다Formal
업니다

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 얼어요업니다얼어언다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 얼었어요얼었습니다얼었어얼었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 얼겠어요얼겠습니다얼겠어얼겠다
-을 것이다Going to 얼 거예요얼 것입니다얼 거야얼 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 얼어요?업니까?얼어?어니?
과거Past 얼었어요?얼었습니까?얼었어?얼었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 어세요어십시오얼어얼어라
청유Let's 얼어요업시다얼어얼자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 얼어요안 업니다안 얼어안 언다
-지 않다Not (long) 얼지 않아요얼지 않습니다얼지 않아얼지 않는다
Cannot 못 얼어요못 업니다못 얼어못 언다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 어세요어십니다어셔어신다
과거Past 어셨어요어셨습니다어셨어어셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
어는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
얼던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
얼고
-게-ly / so that
얼게
-어서so / and then
얼어서
-으니까since
어니까
-으면if / when
얼면
-지만but
얼지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
어는데
-어도even if
얼어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 얼고 있어요얼고 있습니다얼고 있어얼고 있다
과거Was doing 얼고 있었어요얼고 있었습니다얼고 있었어얼고 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.

나는 건축을 얼어있는 음악이라고 부른다.

I call architecture frozen music.

아직 겨울이었고 강은 얼어 있었습니다.

It was still winter, and the river was frozen.

언 고기

frozen meat

얼어 죽을

freezing to death

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 얼다 in Korean?

얼다 (to freeze) is 얼어요 in the polite 해요체, 업니다 in formal 합니다체, 얼어 in casual 반말 and 언다 in the plain written style. The past is 얼었어요.

What is the past tense of 얼다?

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

Is 얼다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 얼어 and 어니 but unchanged in 업니다.

What TOPIK level is 얼다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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