빌어
bee-ruh
bireo
빌다
To say to wish, to pray for something politely in the present tense, use 빌어요 (bee-ruh-yoh) · bireoyo. Below is the full conjugation of 빌다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.
Grammar note (ㄹ stem): ㄹ-stem verbs end in ㄹ as the final consonant. They are conjugated regularly with vowel suffixes (살다 → 살아요), but the ㄹ drops before certain consonant suffixes — specifically before ㄴ, ㅂ, ㅅ, and before the formal ending 습니다: 살다 → 사는, 삽니다, 살지 (ㄹ kept before ㅈ). This is sometimes called a "ㄹ drop" or "ㄹ irregular." See all ㄹ-stem verbs →
Conjugation table
pron. = pronunciation guide · RR = Revised Romanization
Highlighted = where the stem changes
| Tense | Casual (반말) | Polite (요) | Formal (합니다) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | 빌어요 bee-ruh-yoh bireoyo | 빕니다 beem-nee-dah bimnida | |
| Past | 빌었어 bee-ruh-ssuh bireosseo | 빌었어요 bee-ruh-ssuh-yoh bireosseoyo | 빌었습니다 bee-ruh-sseum-nee-dah bireosseumnida |
| Future | 빌 거야 beel guh-yah bil geoya | 빌 거예요 beel guh-yae-yoh bil geoyeyo | 빌 겁니다 beel guhm-nee-dah bil geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
비세요
bee-sae-yoh
biseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
빌어요
bee-ruh-yoh
bireoyo
Question Polite (요)
빌어요?
bee-ruh-yoh-?
bireoyo?
Connective "and" — (고)
빌고
beel-goh
bilgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
빌면
beel-myuhn
bilmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
빌고 있어요
beel-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
bilgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
빌고 싶어요
beel-goh shee-puh-yoh
bilgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
빌 수 있어요
beel soo ee-ssuh-yoh
bil su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
빌어서
bee-ruh-suh
bireoseo
Noun form — (기)
빌기
beel-gee
bilgi
Noun form — (음)
빎
beem
bim