떨구다

to drop

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
떨구는
아/어Infinitive
떨궈
-으니Since
떨구니
합니다Formal
떨굽니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 떨궈요떨굽니다떨궈떨군다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 떨궜어요떨궜습니다떨궜어떨궜다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 떨구겠어요떨구겠습니다떨구겠어떨구겠다
-을 것이다Going to 떨굴 거예요떨굴 것입니다떨굴 거야떨굴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떨궈요?떨굽니까?떨궈?떨구니?
과거Past 떨궜어요?떨궜습니까?떨궜어?떨궜니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 떨구세요떨구십시오떨궈떨궈라
청유Let's 떨궈요떨굽시다떨궈떨구자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 떨궈요안 떨굽니다안 떨궈안 떨군다
-지 않다Not (long) 떨구지 않아요떨구지 않습니다떨구지 않아떨구지 않는다
못Cannot 못 떨궈요못 떨굽니다못 떨궈못 떨군다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떨구세요떨구십니다떨구셔떨구신다
과거Past 떨구셨어요떨구셨습니다떨구셨어떨구셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
떨구는
과거Past
떨군
미래Future
떨굴
회상Used to
떨구던

Joining clauses

-고and
떨구고
-게-ly / so that
떨구게
-어서so / and then
떨궈서
-으니까since
떨구니까
-으면if / when
떨구면
-지만but
떨구지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
떨구는데
-어도even if
떨궈도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 떨구고 있어요떨구고 있습니다떨구고 있어떨구고 있다
과거Was doing 떨구고 있었어요떨구고 있었습니다떨구고 있었어떨구고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

거기에 저희를 떨궈주셨지요.

They dumped us there.

그는 눈을 떨구며, 갓 태어난 어린 딸이 있다고 했죠.

He looked down and he said that he had had a baby daughter who was just born.

저희는 작은 마을인 아델라이드에 갔는데 말 그대로 거기에 저희는 떨구어 졌습니다.

We got to Adelaide, small place, where literally they dumped us in Adelaide, that's what I would say.

우리가 이걸 하려는 방식은 그를 비행기로 태워다가 떨구어 놓는 겁니다.

The way we're going to do this is fly him in and drop him off.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 떨구다 in Korean?

떨구다 (to drop) is 떨궈요 in the polite 해요체, 떨굽니다 in formal 합니다체, 떨궈 in casual 반말 and 떨군다 in the plain written style. The past is 떨궜어요.

What is the past tense of 떨구다?

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

Is 떨구다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 떨굽니다, 떨궈, 떨구니 all keep 떨구 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 떨구다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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