누르다

to press, to push

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
누르는
아/어Infinitive
눌러
-으니Since
누르니
합니다Formal
누릅니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 눌러요누릅니다눌러누른다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 눌렀어요눌렀습니다눌렀어눌렀다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 누르겠어요누르겠습니다누르겠어누르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 누를 거예요누를 것입니다누를 거야누를 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 눌러요?누릅니까?눌러?누르니?
과거Past 눌렀어요?눌렀습니까?눌렀어?눌렀니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 누르세요누르십시오눌러눌러라
청유Let's 눌러요누릅시다눌러누르자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 눌러요안 누릅니다안 눌러안 누른다
-지 않다Not (long) 누르지 않아요누르지 않습니다누르지 않아누르지 않는다
못Cannot 못 눌러요못 누릅니다못 눌러못 누른다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 누르세요누르십니다누르셔누르신다
과거Past 누르셨어요누르셨습니다누르셨어누르셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
누르는
과거Past
누른
미래Future
누를
회상Used to
누르던

Joining clauses

-고and
누르고
-게-ly / so that
누르게
-어서so / and then
눌러서
-으니까since
누르니까
-으면if / when
누르면
-지만but
누르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
누르는데
-어도even if
눌러도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 누르고 있어요누르고 있습니다누르고 있어누르고 있다
과거Was doing 누르고 있었어요누르고 있었습니다누르고 있었어누르고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

확실합니다. 아마 계속 눌러댈 것입니다.

They're going to be pressing that button non-stop. Right?

안 돼, 제가 누를래요!

No, I want to press it! Darn it.

너는 누르지 않을 거야.

You ain't pushing it.

그냥 눌러 앉을 거 같더라

She was, like, camped out down there.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 누르다 in Korean?

누르다 (to press, to push) is 눌러요 in the polite 해요체, 누릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 눌러 in casual 반말 and 누른다 in the plain written style. The past is 눌렀어요.

What is the past tense of 누르다?

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

Is 누르다 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 눌러 and 누르니 but unchanged in 누릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 누르다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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