놀리다 Korean verb conjugation

to tease, to make fun of

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 놀리다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
놀리는
아/어Infinitive
놀려
-으니Since
놀리니
합니다Formal
놀립니다

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 놀려요놀립니다놀려놀린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 놀렸어요놀렸습니다놀렸어놀렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 놀리겠어요놀리겠습니다놀리겠어놀리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 놀릴 거예요놀릴 것입니다놀릴 거야놀릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 놀려요?놀립니까?놀려?놀리니?
과거Past 놀렸어요?놀렸습니까?놀렸어?놀렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 놀리세요놀리십시오놀려놀려라
청유Let's 놀려요놀립시다놀려놀리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 놀려요안 놀립니다안 놀려안 놀린다
-지 않다Not (long) 놀리지 않아요놀리지 않습니다놀리지 않아놀리지 않는다
Cannot 못 놀려요못 놀립니다못 놀려못 놀린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 놀리세요놀리십니다놀리셔놀리신다
과거Past 놀리셨어요놀리셨습니다놀리셨어놀리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
놀리는
과거Past
놀린
미래Future
놀릴
회상Used to
놀리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
놀리고
-게-ly / so that
놀리게
-어서so / and then
놀려서
-으니까since
놀리니까
-으면if / when
놀리면
-지만but
놀리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
놀리는데
-어도even if
놀려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 놀리고 있어요놀리고 있습니다놀리고 있어놀리고 있다
과거Was doing 놀리고 있었어요놀리고 있었습니다놀리고 있었어놀리고 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.

다른 사람들보다 생각없는 부자를 놀리는 것이 훨씬 재미있죠.

The brainless rich are more fun to make fun of than anybody. I do a lot of that.

좀 놀렸을 뿐이에요.

No, I am teasing about that.

그러니까 놀리지 마세요.

So don't do that.

이거 누굴 놀리는 건가?

Are you toying with me?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 놀리다 in Korean?

놀리다 (to tease, to make fun of) is 놀려요 in the polite 해요체, 놀립니다 in formal 합니다체, 놀려 in casual 반말 and 놀린다 in the plain written style. The past is 놀렸어요.

What is the past tense of 놀리다?

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

Is 놀리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 놀립니다, 놀려, 놀리니 all keep 놀리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 놀리다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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