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KOREAN VERB

달리다

to depend on, to hang on (in the shape it depends on); to run

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI depend on
NegativeI don’t depend on

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI depended on
NegativeI didn’t depend on

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will depend on
NegativeI won’t depend on

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI depend on (respectfully)
PastI depended on (respectfully)
FutureI will depend on (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 달리다

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

  1. Present

    저는 매일 아침 한강에서 달려요.

    I run along the Han River every morning.

  2. Past

    모든 건 결국 본인 노력에 달렸어요.

    In the end it all depends on your own effort.

  3. Future

    다음 달 마라톤에서 십 킬로를 달릴 거예요.

    Next month I'll run ten kilometers in the marathon.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 아직도 아침마다 공원에서 달리세요.

    Grandpa still runs in the park every morning.

  5. Connectives

    비가 와도 달리지만 눈이 오면 쉬어요.

    I run even in the rain, but when it snows I rest.

  6. Requests and commands

    넘어지니까 복도에서는 절대 달리지 마세요.

    Never run in the corridor, you'll fall.

Good to know

  • "It depends on" is -에 달려 있어요 or 달렸어요: 날씨에 달렸어요; plain 달리다 is to run.

Where you hear 달리다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 3

  • 시간은 길에 달려 있어요. The time depends on the road.
  • 그건 날씨에 달렸어요. That depended on the weather.
  • 내일은 너한테 달릴 거야. Tomorrow it'll be up to you.

Korean · Fluency Level 2

  • 시간은 길에 달려 있어요. The time depends on the road.
  • 그건 날씨에 달렸어요. That depended on the weather.
  • 내일은 너한테 달릴 거야. Tomorrow it'll be up to you.

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