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KOREAN VERB

떨어뜨리다

to drop (something), to let fall

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI drop
NegativeI don’t drop

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI dropped
NegativeI didn’t drop

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI drop (respectfully)
PastI dropped (respectfully)
FutureI will drop (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 떨어뜨리다

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

  1. Present

    민준이는 휴대폰을 정말 자주 떨어뜨려요.

    Min-jun drops his phone really often.

  2. Past

    오늘 아침에 계단에서 열쇠를 떨어뜨렸어요.

    This morning I dropped my keys on the stairs.

  3. Future

    그렇게 들면 접시를 떨어뜨릴 거예요.

    If you carry it like that, you'll drop the plate.

  4. Honorific

    어제 할머니가 버스에서 안경을 떨어뜨리셨어요.

    Yesterday Grandma dropped her glasses on the bus.

  5. Connectives

    유리컵을 떨어뜨려서 부엌 바닥이 엉망이에요.

    I dropped a glass, so the kitchen floor is a mess.

  6. Requests and commands

    이 상자는 무거우니까 떨어뜨리지 마세요.

    This box is heavy, so don't drop it.

Good to know

  • 떨어뜨리다 is to drop something; 떨어지다 is for the thing that falls: 컵이 떨어졌어요.

Where you hear 떨어뜨리다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 3

  • 저는 휴대폰을 자주 떨어뜨려요. I often drop my phone.
  • 어제 컵을 떨어뜨렸어요. Yesterday I dropped a cup.
  • 조심해요. 떨어뜨릴 거예요. Careful. You'll drop it.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.