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KOREAN VERB

떨어지다

to run out; to fall, to drop

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI run out
NegativeI don’t run out

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI ran out
NegativeI didn’t run out

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will run out
NegativeI won’t run out

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI run out (respectfully)
PastI ran out (respectfully)
FutureI will run out (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 떨어지다

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

  1. Present

    가을에는 은행잎이 길에 많이 떨어져요.

    In autumn lots of ginkgo leaves fall on the street.

  2. Past

    집에 쌀이 다 떨어졌어요, 사러 가야 해요.

    We're out of rice at home, I have to go and buy some.

  3. Future

    이번 달에는 과일 값이 떨어질 거예요.

    Fruit prices will drop this month.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지, 어제 계단에서 떨어지셨다고 들었어요.

    Grandpa, I heard you fell down the stairs yesterday.

  5. Connectives

    세제가 떨어져서 마트에 갔다 왔어요.

    We'd run out of detergent, so I went to the supermarket.

  6. Requests and commands

    민준아, 조심해, 거기서 떨어지지 마!

    Min-jun, careful, don't fall off there!

Good to know

  • 떨어지다 is a leaf falling, a price dropping and the milk running out (우유가 떨어졌어요); 떨어뜨리다 is to drop something yourself.

Where you hear 떨어지다

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Korean · Advanced Level 1

  • 휴지가 자주 떨어져요. We often run out of toilet paper.
  • 어제 세제가 떨어졌어요. We ran out of detergent yesterday.
  • 내일이면 쌀이 떨어질 거예요. By tomorrow we'll be out of rice.

Korean · Advanced Level 2

  • 휴지가 자주 떨어져요. We often run out of toilet paper.
  • 어제 세제가 떨어졌어요. We ran out of detergent yesterday.
  • 내일이면 쌀이 떨어질 거예요. By tomorrow we'll be out of rice.
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The housewarming

Advanced Level 1 · 고마워요. 휴지가 떨어질 뻔했어요.

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Water through the ceiling

Advanced Level 2 · 현미경에 떨어져요. 벌써 두 번째예요.

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The gifted centre

Advanced Level 2 · 하준이가 영재원에 떨어졌어요.

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A student on the line

Fluency Level 1 · 달은 왜 안 떨어져요?

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Grandma's gate

Fluency Level 2 · 원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다.

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