KOREAN VERB

떨다

to tremble

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI tremble
NegativeI don’t tremble

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI trembled
NegativeI didn’t tremble

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI will tremble
NegativeI won’t tremble

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI tremble (respectfully)
PastI trembled (respectfully)
FutureI will tremble (respectfully)

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

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

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

Present

강아지가 추워서 온몸을 덜덜 떨어요.

The puppy is shivering all over with cold.
Past

면접에서 너무 긴장해서 손을 떨었어요.

I was so nervous at the interview that my hands were shaking.
Future

코트가 없으면 밖에서 떨 거예요.

Without a coat you'll be shivering outside.
Honorific

할머니가 추워서 손을 조금 떠셨어요.

Grandma's hands were trembling a little from the cold.
Connectives

너무 떨면 목소리가 점점 작아져요.

If you tremble too much, your voice gets quieter and quieter.
Requests and commands

면접 전에 너무 떨지 마세요.

Don't be so nervous before the interview.

떨다 is to tremble or shiver; 떨리다 is for hands, a voice or a heart that tremble on their own: 손이 떨려요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.