울리다 Korean verb conjugation

to make cry

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 울리다 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
울리는
아/어Infinitive
울려
-으니Since
울리니
합니다Formal
울립니다

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 울려요울립니다울려울린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 울렸어요울렸습니다울렸어울렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 울리겠어요울리겠습니다울리겠어울리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 울릴 거예요울릴 것입니다울릴 거야울릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 울려요?울립니까?울려?울리니?
과거Past 울렸어요?울렸습니까?울렸어?울렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 울리세요울리십시오울려울려라
청유Let's 울려요울립시다울려울리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 울려요안 울립니다안 울려안 울린다
-지 않다Not (long) 울리지 않아요울리지 않습니다울리지 않아울리지 않는다
Cannot 못 울려요못 울립니다못 울려못 울린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 울리세요울리십니다울리셔울리신다
과거Past 울리셨어요울리셨습니다울리셨어울리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
울리는
과거Past
울린
미래Future
울릴
회상Used to
울리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
울리고
-게-ly / so that
울리게
-어서so / and then
울려서
-으니까since
울리니까
-으면if / when
울리면
-지만but
울리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
울리는데
-어도even if
울려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 울리고 있어요울리고 있습니다울리고 있어울리고 있다
과거Was doing 울리고 있었어요울리고 있었습니다울리고 있었어울리고 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.

감정적인 울려퍼짐도 없으며

You don't have an emotional sonorousness.

전화가 쉴 새 없이 울리죠.

And our phones ring off the hook.

그러던 어느 날 전화가 울리죠.

Then one day the phone rings.

감옥까지 소리가 들리도록 말이야. 감옥까지 울려 퍼지도록.

All the way to the jail, boy, all the way to the jail.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 울리다 in Korean?

울리다 (to make cry) is 울려요 in the polite 해요체, 울립니다 in formal 합니다체, 울려 in casual 반말 and 울린다 in the plain written style. The past is 울렸어요.

What is the past tense of 울리다?

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

Is 울리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 울립니다, 울려, 울리니 all keep 울리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 울리다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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