달아
dah-rah
dara
달다
To say to become hot politely in the present tense, use 달아요 (dah-rah-yoh) · darayo. Below is the full conjugation of 달다 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 | 달아요 dah-rah-yoh darayo | 답니다 dahm-nee-dah damnida | |
| Past | 달았어 dah-rah-ssuh darasseo | 달았어요 dah-rah-ssuh-yoh darasseoyo | 달았습니다 dah-rah-sseum-nee-dah darasseumnida |
| Future | 달 거야 dahl guh-yah dal geoya | 달 거예요 dahl guh-yae-yoh dal geoyeyo | 달 겁니다 dahl guhm-nee-dah dal geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
다세요
dah-sae-yoh
daseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
달아요
dah-rah-yoh
darayo
Question Polite (요)
달아요?
dah-rah-yoh-?
darayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
달고
dahl-goh
dalgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
달면
dahl-myuhn
dalmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
달고 있어요
dahl-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
dalgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
달고 싶어요
dahl-goh shee-puh-yoh
dalgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
달 수 있어요
dahl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
dal su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
달아서
dah-rah-suh
daraseo
Noun form — (기)
달기
dahl-gee
dalgi
Noun form — (음)
닮
dahm
dam