떠올리다 Korean verb conjugation

to bring to mind

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 떠올리다 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
떠올리는
아/어Infinitive
떠올려
-으니Since
떠올리니
합니다Formal
떠올립니다

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 떠올려요떠올립니다떠올려떠올린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 떠올렸어요떠올렸습니다떠올렸어떠올렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 떠올리겠어요떠올리겠습니다떠올리겠어떠올리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 떠올릴 거예요떠올릴 것입니다떠올릴 거야떠올릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떠올려요?떠올립니까?떠올려?떠올리니?
과거Past 떠올렸어요?떠올렸습니까?떠올렸어?떠올렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 떠올리세요떠올리십시오떠올려떠올려라
청유Let's 떠올려요떠올립시다떠올려떠올리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 떠올려요안 떠올립니다안 떠올려안 떠올린다
-지 않다Not (long) 떠올리지 않아요떠올리지 않습니다떠올리지 않아떠올리지 않는다
Cannot 못 떠올려요못 떠올립니다못 떠올려못 떠올린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떠올리세요떠올리십니다떠올리셔떠올리신다
과거Past 떠올리셨어요떠올리셨습니다떠올리셨어떠올리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
떠올리는
과거Past
떠올린
미래Future
떠올릴
회상Used to
떠올리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
떠올리고
-게-ly / so that
떠올리게
-어서so / and then
떠올려서
-으니까since
떠올리니까
-으면if / when
떠올리면
-지만but
떠올리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
떠올리는데
-어도even if
떠올려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 떠올리고 있어요떠올리고 있습니다떠올리고 있어떠올리고 있다
과거Was doing 떠올리고 있었어요떠올리고 있었습니다떠올리고 있었어떠올리고 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.

저랑 함께 한번 떠올려 보아요.

Come on a journey with me.

선생님도 이런 기억을 떠올려보세요.

You carry these memories.

그리고 그때마다 저는 이 그림을 떠올립니다.

And each time, I picture the same image.

제가 해리 포터를 읽었던 얘기를 한 것을 떠올려 보세요.

And remember I was telling you about Harry Potter.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 떠올리다 in Korean?

떠올리다 (to bring to mind) is 떠올려요 in the polite 해요체, 떠올립니다 in formal 합니다체, 떠올려 in casual 반말 and 떠올린다 in the plain written style. The past is 떠올렸어요.

What is the past tense of 떠올리다?

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

Is 떠올리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 떠올립니다, 떠올려, 떠올리니 all keep 떠올리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 떠올리다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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