되살아
dwae-sah-rah
doesara
되살다
To say to come back to life politely in the present tense, use 되살아요 (dwae-sah-rah-yoh) · doesarayo. Below is the full conjugation of 되살다 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 | 되살아요 dwae-sah-rah-yoh doesarayo | 되삽니다 dwae-sahm-nee-dah doesamnida | |
| Past | 되살았어 dwae-sah-rah-ssuh doesarasseo | 되살았어요 dwae-sah-rah-ssuh-yoh doesarasseoyo | 되살았습니다 dwae-sah-rah-sseum-nee-dah doesarasseumnida |
| Future | 되살 거야 dwae-sahl guh-yah doesal geoya | 되살 거예요 dwae-sahl guh-yae-yoh doesal geoyeyo | 되살 겁니다 dwae-sahl guhm-nee-dah doesal geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
되사세요
dwae-sah-sae-yoh
doesaseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
되살아요
dwae-sah-rah-yoh
doesarayo
Question Polite (요)
되살아요?
dwae-sah-rah-yoh-?
doesarayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
되살고
dwae-sahl-goh
doesalgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
되살면
dwae-sahl-myuhn
doesalmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
되살고 있어요
dwae-sahl-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
doesalgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
되살고 싶어요
dwae-sahl-goh shee-puh-yoh
doesalgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
되살 수 있어요
dwae-sahl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
doesal su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
되살아서
dwae-sah-rah-suh
doesaraseo
Noun form — (기)
되살기
dwae-sahl-gee
doesalgi
Noun form — (음)
되삶
dwae-sahm
doesam