여리다

to be tender

TOPIK 6 6급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
여린
아/어Infinitive
여려
-으니Since
여리니
합니다Formal
여립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 여려요여립니다여려여리다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 여렸어요여렸습니다여렸어여렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 여리겠어요여리겠습니다여리겠어여리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 여릴 거예요여릴 것입니다여릴 거야여릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 여려요?여립니까?여려?여리니?
과거Past 여렸어요?여렸습니까?여렸어?여렸니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 여려요안 여립니다안 여려안 여리다
-지 않다Not (long) 여리지 않아요여리지 않습니다여리지 않아여리지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 여리세요여리십니다여리셔여리시다
과거Past 여리셨어요여리셨습니다여리셨어여리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
여린
과거Past
여린
미래Future
여릴
회상Used to
여리던

Joining clauses

-고and
여리고
-게-ly / so that
여리게
-어서so / and then
여려서
-으니까since
여리니까
-으면if / when
여리면
-지만but
여리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
여린데
-어도even if
여려도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

여행 중인 한 남자가 여리고 길을 지나고 있었습니다.

He said there was a man on a journey, walking down Jericho Road.

우린 오래 전에 여린 마음을 묘사하던 언어를 버렸습니다.

See, we've long ago let go of the language with which we describe our softer parts.

우리가 여려분 문에서 안드로이드 전화기를 들고 나타납니다.

We show up at your door with an Android phone.

그리고 여려 명이 달린 쪽이 항상 빠르다는 걸 발견했습니다.

And he found that every time the cyclists in the group would cycle faster.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 여리다 in Korean?

여리다 (to be tender) is 여려요 in the polite 해요체, 여립니다 in formal 합니다체, 여려 in casual 반말 and 여리다 in the plain written style. The past is 여렸어요.

What is the past tense of 여리다?

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

Is 여리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 여립니다, 여려, 여리니 all keep 여리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 여리다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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