팔다 Korean verb conjugation

to sell

Every form of 팔다 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
파는
아/어Infinitive
팔아
-으니Since
파니
합니다Formal
팝니다

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 팔아요팝니다팔아판다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 팔았어요팔았습니다팔았어팔았다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 팔겠어요팔겠습니다팔겠어팔겠다
-을 것이다Going to 팔 거예요팔 것입니다팔 거야팔 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 팔아요?팝니까?팔아?파니?
과거Past 팔았어요?팔았습니까?팔았어?팔았니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 파세요파십시오팔아팔아라
청유Let's 팔아요팝시다팔아팔자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 팔아요안 팝니다안 팔아안 판다
-지 않다Not (long) 팔지 않아요팔지 않습니다팔지 않아팔지 않는다
Cannot 못 팔아요못 팝니다못 팔아못 판다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 파세요파십니다파셔파신다
과거Past 파셨어요파셨습니다파셨어파셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
파는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
팔던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
팔고
-게-ly / so that
팔게
-어서so / and then
팔아서
-으니까since
파니까
-으면if / when
팔면
-지만but
팔지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
파는데
-어도even if
팔아도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 팔고 있어요팔고 있습니다팔고 있어팔고 있다
과거Was doing 팔고 있었어요팔고 있었습니다팔고 있었어팔고 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.

톰은 가진것을 모두 팔았다.

Tom sold everything he had.

난 내 집을 팔지 말았어야 했어.

I shouldn't have sold my house.

그리고 1년 동안에는 120배를 더 팔았죠.

And for the balance of the year, they sold 120 times more.

내가 너라면 난 네 땅을 안 팔텐데.

If I were you, I wouldn't sell your land.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 팔다 in Korean?

팔다 (to sell) is 팔아요 in the polite 해요체, 팝니다 in formal 합니다체, 팔아 in casual 반말 and 판다 in the plain written style. The past is 팔았어요.

What is the past tense of 팔다?

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

Is 팔다 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 팔아 and 파니 but unchanged in 팝니다.

What TOPIK level is 팔다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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