떨리다 (to shake, to tremble (hands, a voice); to be nervous) · Korean verb conjugation

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI shake
NegativeI don’t shake

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI shook
NegativeI didn’t shake

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI shake (respectfully)
PastI shook (respectfully)
FutureI will shake (respectfully)

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

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

Present

발표 전에는 늘 손이 떨려요.

Before a presentation my hands always shake.
Past

첫 면접에서 목소리가 너무 떨렸어요.

My voice shook so much in my first interview.
Future

무대에 오르면 다리가 떨릴 거예요.

When you go on stage your legs will shake.
Honorific

할머니는 요즘 손이 자꾸 떨리세요.

Grandma's hands keep trembling these days.
Connectives

너무 떨려서 준비한 말을 다 잊어버렸어요.

I was so nervous that I forgot everything I'd prepared.

떨리다 is the thing shaking by itself: 손이 떨려요, 목소리가 떨려요; and "I'm nervous" is simply 떨려요. 떨다 is to shake something.

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

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Fluency Level 2 · 선생님, 손이 떨려요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.