조르다 Korean verb conjugation

to pester, to urge

Every form of 조르다 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
조르는
아/어Infinitive
졸라
-으니Since
조르니
합니다Formal
조릅니다

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 졸라요조릅니다졸라조른다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 졸랐어요졸랐습니다졸랐어졸랐다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 조르겠어요조르겠습니다조르겠어조르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 조를 거예요조를 것입니다조를 거야조를 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 졸라요?조릅니까?졸라?조르니?
과거Past 졸랐어요?졸랐습니까?졸랐어?졸랐니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 조르세요조르십시오졸라졸라라
청유Let's 졸라요조릅시다졸라조르자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 졸라요안 조릅니다안 졸라안 조른다
-지 않다Not (long) 조르지 않아요조르지 않습니다조르지 않아조르지 않는다
Cannot 못 졸라요못 조릅니다못 졸라못 조른다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 조르세요조르십니다조르셔조르신다
과거Past 조르셨어요조르셨습니다조르셨어조르셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
조르는
과거Past
조른
미래Future
조를
회상Used to
조르던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
조르고
-게-ly / so that
조르게
-어서so / and then
졸라서
-으니까since
조르니까
-으면if / when
조르면
-지만but
조르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
조르는데
-어도even if
졸라도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 조르고 있어요조르고 있습니다조르고 있어조르고 있다
과거Was doing 조르고 있었어요조르고 있었습니다조르고 있었어조르고 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.

목을 졸라 죽이다

to strangle to death

저를 죽일수도 있겠다는 생각이 들었어요. 목을 졸라서요.

I thought right then he would kill me, strangle me, you know?

졸라 데리고 집에 갔어

He went to take Zola home.

네 목을 졸랐던 일 말이야

To me choking you.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 조르다 in Korean?

조르다 (to pester, to urge) is 졸라요 in the polite 해요체, 조릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 졸라 in casual 반말 and 조른다 in the plain written style. The past is 졸랐어요.

What is the past tense of 조르다?

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

Is 조르다 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 졸라 and 조르니 but unchanged in 조릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 조르다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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