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KOREAN VERB

이러다

to be like this, to act this way

  • Irregular verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am like this
NegativeI am not like this

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was like this
NegativeI was not like this

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will be like this
NegativeI won’t be like this

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI am like this (respectfully)
PastI was like this (respectfully)
FutureI will be like this (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 이러다

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

  1. Present

    우리 고양이는 배고프면 항상 이래요.

    Our cat is always like this when it's hungry.

  2. Past

    어제도 민준이가 집에서 똑같이 이랬어요.

    Min-jun was exactly like this at home yesterday too.

  3. Future

    약 안 먹으면 내일도 이럴 거예요.

    If you don't take the medicine, you'll be like this tomorrow too.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 걱정되는 일이 있으면 늘 이러세요.

    Grandma is always like this when something worries her.

  5. Connectives

    자꾸 이러면 저도 화낼 거예요.

    If you keep doing this, I'll get angry too.

  6. Requests and commands

    여기서 이러지 마세요, 사람들이 다 봐요.

    Don't do this here, everyone's watching.

Good to know

  • A short 이렇게 하다: 이러지 마 is "don't do that", 이러다가 "if this goes on".
  • The 어 forms contract like 그렇다: 이래요, 이랬어요, 이래서; 이러면 and 이러니까 keep the 러.

Where you hear 이러다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 왜 이래, 다들. Why are you all like this?
  • 어제도 이랬어. He was like this yesterday too.
  • 내일도 이럴 거야. He'll be like this tomorrow too.
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Fluency Level 1 · 왜 이래, 진짜. 방송 한 번 했어.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.