헐다 Korean verb conjugation

to demolish

Every form of 헐다 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
허는
아/어Infinitive
헐어
-으니Since
허니
합니다Formal
헙니다

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 헐어요헙니다헐어헌다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 헐었어요헐었습니다헐었어헐었다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 헐겠어요헐겠습니다헐겠어헐겠다
-을 것이다Going to 헐 거예요헐 것입니다헐 거야헐 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 헐어요?헙니까?헐어?허니?
과거Past 헐었어요?헐었습니까?헐었어?헐었니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 허세요허십시오헐어헐어라
청유Let's 헐어요헙시다헐어헐자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 헐어요안 헙니다안 헐어안 헌다
-지 않다Not (long) 헐지 않아요헐지 않습니다헐지 않아헐지 않는다
Cannot 못 헐어요못 헙니다못 헐어못 헌다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 허세요허십니다허셔허신다
과거Past 허셨어요허셨습니다허셨어허셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
허는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
헐던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
헐고
-게-ly / so that
헐게
-어서so / and then
헐어서
-으니까since
허니까
-으면if / when
헐면
-지만but
헐지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
허는데
-어도even if
헐어도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 헐고 있어요헐고 있습니다헐고 있어헐고 있다
과거Was doing 헐고 있었어요헐고 있었습니다헐고 있었어헐고 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.

저리 비켜, 내가 헌다

Get out of my way. - I will do it.

크레이터 부인은 확신이 넘치는 사람이었지만 고립된 그녀의 집은 다 헐어가고 있었습니다.

Though Mrs. Crater is self-assured, her isolated home is falling apart.

에머슨은 "허니, 난 숀다랜드에 가고 싶어."

And Emerson says, "Honey, I'm wanting to go to ShondaLand."

그는 시온 성벽의 일부를 헐어 버렸고 그의 군대는 도시를 약탈했다.

He then had part of the wall of Sion torn down, and his army pillaged the city.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 헐다 in Korean?

헐다 (to demolish) is 헐어요 in the polite 해요체, 헙니다 in formal 합니다체, 헐어 in casual 반말 and 헌다 in the plain written style. The past is 헐었어요.

What is the past tense of 헐다?

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

Is 헐다 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 헐어 and 허니 but unchanged in 헙니다.

What TOPIK level is 헐다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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