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KOREAN VERB

울리다

to ring, to go off (an alarm, a phone, a bell)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI ring
NegativeI don’t ring

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI rang
NegativeI didn’t ring

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI ring (respectfully)
PastI rang (respectfully)
FutureI will ring (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 울리다

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

  1. Present

    제 알람은 매일 여섯 시 반에 울려요.

    My alarm goes off every day at half past six.

  2. Past

    회의 중에 갑자기 전화가 울렸어요.

    During the meeting my phone suddenly rang.

  3. Future

    수업이 끝나면 복도에서 종이 울릴 거예요.

    When the class ends, the bell will ring in the corridor.

  4. Honorific

    선생님이 수업 끝에 종을 울리셨어요.

    The teacher rang the bell at the end of the class.

  5. Connectives

    아침에 알람이 울리면 바로 일어나세요.

    When the alarm goes off in the morning, get up right away.

  6. Requests and commands

    밤 열 시 후에는 초인종을 울리지 마세요.

    Don't ring the doorbell after ten at night.

Good to know

  • 울리다 is also to make someone cry, 동생을 울리지 마세요; 울다 is to cry.

Where you hear 울리다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 3

  • 알람이 다섯 시에 울려요. The alarm goes off at five.
  • 전화가 밤에 세 번 울렸어요. The phone rang three times in the night.
  • 내일은 알람이 안 울릴 거예요. Tomorrow the alarm won't go off.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.