떨구다 Korean verb conjugation
to drop
Every form of 떨구다 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
- 떨구는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 떨궈
- -으니Since
- 떨구니
- 합니다Formal
- 떨굽니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 떨궈요 | 떨굽니다 | 떨궈 | 떨군다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 떨궜어요 | 떨궜습니다 | 떨궜어 | 떨궜다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 떨구겠어요 | 떨구겠습니다 | 떨구겠어 | 떨구겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 떨굴 거예요 | 떨굴 것입니다 | 떨굴 거야 | 떨굴 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 떨궈요? | 떨굽니까? | 떨궈? | 떨구니? |
| 과거Past | 떨궜어요? | 떨궜습니까? | 떨궜어? | 떨궜니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 떨구세요 | 떨구십시오 | 떨궈 | 떨궈라 |
| 청유Let's | 떨궈요 | 떨굽시다 | 떨궈 | 떨구자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 떨궈요 | 안 떨굽니다 | 안 떨궈 | 안 떨군다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 떨구지 않아요 | 떨구지 않습니다 | 떨구지 않아 | 떨구지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 떨궈요 | 못 떨굽니다 | 못 떨궈 | 못 떨군다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 떨구세요 | 떨구십니다 | 떨구셔 | 떨구신다 |
| 과거Past | 떨구셨어요 | 떨구셨습니다 | 떨구셨어 | 떨구셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 떨구는
- 과거Past
- 떨군
- 미래Future
- 떨굴
- 회상Used to
- 떨구던
연결Joining 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
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 떨구고 있어요 | 떨구고 있습니다 | 떨구고 있어 | 떨구고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 떨구고 있었어요 | 떨구고 있었습니다 | 떨구고 있었어 | 떨구고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 2를 3에 떨구다
- 1이 2를 3에/으로 떨구다
- 1이 2를 떨구다
- 1이 2를 3에서 떨구다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
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.
자주 묻는 질문Common 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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