떠오르다 Korean verb conjugation

to rise

Every form of 떠오르다 across the four speech levels. It is 르 irregular — 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
떠오르는
아/어Infinitive
떠올라
-으니Since
떠오르니
합니다Formal
떠오릅니다

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 떠올라요떠오릅니다떠올라떠오른다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 떠올랐어요떠올랐습니다떠올랐어떠올랐다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 떠오르겠어요떠오르겠습니다떠오르겠어떠오르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 떠오를 거예요떠오를 것입니다떠오를 거야떠오를 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떠올라요?떠오릅니까?떠올라?떠오르니?
과거Past 떠올랐어요?떠올랐습니까?떠올랐어?떠올랐니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 떠오르세요떠오르십시오떠올라떠올라라
청유Let's 떠올라요떠오릅시다떠올라떠오르자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 떠올라요안 떠오릅니다안 떠올라안 떠오른다
-지 않다Not (long) 떠오르지 않아요떠오르지 않습니다떠오르지 않아떠오르지 않는다
Cannot 못 떠올라요못 떠오릅니다못 떠올라못 떠오른다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 떠오르세요떠오르십니다떠오르셔떠오르신다
과거Past 떠오르셨어요떠오르셨습니다떠오르셨어떠오르셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
떠오르는
과거Past
떠오른
미래Future
떠오를
회상Used to
떠오르던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
떠오르고
-게-ly / so that
떠오르게
-어서so / and then
떠올라서
-으니까since
떠오르니까
-으면if / when
떠오르면
-지만but
떠오르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
떠오르는데
-어도even if
떠올라도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 떠오르고 있어요떠오르고 있습니다떠오르고 있어떠오르고 있다
과거Was doing 떠오르고 있었어요떠오르고 있었습니다떠오르고 있었어떠오르고 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.

두가지 생각이 떠올랐죠.

Because two things happened.

몇 가지 예가 떠오르지 않나요?

We can all think of some examples, right?

재미있는 생각 떠오르지 않으세요?

Are you struck by a new thought? I was.

이걸 보니 뭔가 떠오르지 않으세요?

Does it remind you of something?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 떠오르다 in Korean?

떠오르다 (to rise) is 떠올라요 in the polite 해요체, 떠오릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 떠올라 in casual 반말 and 떠오른다 in the plain written style. The past is 떠올랐어요.

What is the past tense of 떠오르다?

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

Is 떠오르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 떠올라 and 떠오르니 but unchanged in 떠오릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 떠오르다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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