풀리다 Korean verb conjugation

to be untied, to come loose

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 풀리다 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
풀리는
아/어Infinitive
풀려
-으니Since
풀리니
합니다Formal
풀립니다

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 풀려요풀립니다풀려풀린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 풀렸어요풀렸습니다풀렸어풀렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 풀리겠어요풀리겠습니다풀리겠어풀리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 풀릴 거예요풀릴 것입니다풀릴 거야풀릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 풀려요?풀립니까?풀려?풀리니?
과거Past 풀렸어요?풀렸습니까?풀렸어?풀렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 풀리세요풀리십시오풀려풀려라
청유Let's 풀려요풀립시다풀려풀리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 풀려요안 풀립니다안 풀려안 풀린다
-지 않다Not (long) 풀리지 않아요풀리지 않습니다풀리지 않아풀리지 않는다
Cannot 못 풀려요못 풀립니다못 풀려못 풀린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 풀리세요풀리십니다풀리셔풀리신다
과거Past 풀리셨어요풀리셨습니다풀리셨어풀리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
풀리는
과거Past
풀린
미래Future
풀릴
회상Used to
풀리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
풀리고
-게-ly / so that
풀리게
-어서so / and then
풀려서
-으니까since
풀리니까
-으면if / when
풀리면
-지만but
풀리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
풀리는데
-어도even if
풀려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 풀리고 있어요풀리고 있습니다풀리고 있어풀리고 있다
과거Was doing 풀리고 있었어요풀리고 있었습니다풀리고 있었어풀리고 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.

뭐가 잘 안 풀리네요.

Things are going wrong for him.

그래도 일은 잘 풀리고 있었습니다.

Still, things were going well.

그 분이 어디에 가시든 일이 잘 풀렸어요.

Anywhere he went, things went well.

오늘따라 일이 안 풀린다.

Things aren't going well today (of all days).

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 풀리다 in Korean?

풀리다 (to be untied, to come loose) is 풀려요 in the polite 해요체, 풀립니다 in formal 합니다체, 풀려 in casual 반말 and 풀린다 in the plain written style. The past is 풀렸어요.

What is the past tense of 풀리다?

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

Is 풀리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 풀립니다, 풀려, 풀리니 all keep 풀리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 풀리다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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