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KOREAN VERB

달다

to hang up, to fit (a shelf, a sign, a door)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI hang up
NegativeI don’t hang up

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI hung up
NegativeI didn’t hang up

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will hang up
NegativeI won’t hang up

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI hang up (respectfully)
PastI hung up (respectfully)
FutureI will hang up (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) hanging up, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) hanging up, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I hang up
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I hang up
  5. But (-지만) I hang up, but…

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please hang up
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please hang up (formal)
  3. Plain command hang up! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t hang up

How to use 달다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    민준 씨는 주말마다 집에 뭔가를 달아요.

    Min-jun puts something up at home every weekend.

  2. Past

    어제 부엌 벽에 새 선반을 달았어요.

    Yesterday I put a new shelf up on the kitchen wall.

  3. Future

    가게 앞에 큰 간판을 달 거예요.

    We'll put a big sign up in front of the shop.

  4. Honorific

    아버지가 거실에 커튼을 직접 다셨어요.

    Dad hung the living-room curtains himself.

  5. Connectives

    문을 달고 나서 손잡이를 끼웠어요.

    After fitting the door we put the handle on.

  6. Requests and commands

    이 거울은 조금 더 높이 다세요.

    Hang this mirror a bit higher.

Good to know

  • 달다 also means to be sweet, 이 떡은 달아요; the sentence tells you which one it is.

Where you hear 달다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Advanced Level 2

  • 선반을 여기 달아요. I'm hanging the shelf here.
  • 문을 다시 달았어요. We hung the door back on.
  • 내일 간판을 달 거예요. Tomorrow we'll hang the sign.

Korean · Fluency Level 2

  • 선반을 여기 달아요. I'm hanging the shelf here.
  • 문을 다시 달았어요. We hung the door back on.
  • 내일 간판을 달 거예요. Tomorrow we'll hang the sign.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.