무르다

soft, tender

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
무른
아/어Infinitive
물러
-으니Since
무르니
합니다Formal
무릅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 물러요무릅니다물러무르다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 물렀어요물렀습니다물렀어물렀다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 무르겠어요무르겠습니다무르겠어무르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 무를 거예요무를 것입니다무를 거야무를 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 물러요?무릅니까?물러?무르니?
과거Past 물렀어요?물렀습니까?물렀어?물렀니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 물러요안 무릅니다안 물러안 무르다
-지 않다Not (long) 무르지 않아요무르지 않습니다무르지 않아무르지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 무르세요무르십니다무르셔무르시다
과거Past 무르셨어요무르셨습니다무르셨어무르셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
무른
과거Past
무른
미래Future
무를
회상Used to
무르던

Joining clauses

-고and
무르고
-게-ly / so that
무르게
-어서so / and then
물러서
-으니까since
무르니까
-으면if / when
무르면
-지만but
무르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
무른데
-어도even if
물러도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이 결혼 무르면 안 돼

We can't let you not get married.

당장 물러서 안 그럼 쏜다

Step back, right now, or I'll shoot.

당신은 쟤한테 너무 물러요

Oh, you're too soft on that girl.

너나 물럿거라 썩 없어져!

Begone yourself. Get away. He's not a ghost.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 무르다 in Korean?

무르다 (soft, tender) is 물러요 in the polite 해요체, 무릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 물러 in casual 반말 and 무르다 in the plain written style. The past is 물렀어요.

What is the past tense of 무르다?

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

Is 무르다 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 물러 and 무르니 but unchanged in 무릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 무르다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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