얼어
uh-ruh
eoreo
얼다
To say to freeze, be frozen politely in the present tense, use 얼어요 (uh-ruh-yoh) · eoreoyo. Below is the full conjugation of 얼다 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 | 얼어요 uh-ruh-yoh eoreoyo | 업니다 uhm-nee-dah eomnida | |
| Past | 얼었어 uh-ruh-ssuh eoreosseo | 얼었어요 uh-ruh-ssuh-yoh eoreosseoyo | 얼었습니다 uh-ruh-sseum-nee-dah eoreosseumnida |
| Future | 얼 거야 uhl guh-yah eol geoya | 얼 거예요 uhl guh-yae-yoh eol geoyeyo | 얼 겁니다 uhl guhm-nee-dah eol geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
어세요
uh-sae-yoh
eoseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
얼어요
uh-ruh-yoh
eoreoyo
Question Polite (요)
얼어요?
uh-ruh-yoh-?
eoreoyo?
Connective "and" — (고)
얼고
uhl-goh
eolgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
얼면
uhl-myuhn
eolmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
얼고 있어요
uhl-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
eolgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
얼고 싶어요
uhl-goh shee-puh-yoh
eolgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
얼 수 있어요
uhl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
eol su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
얼어서
uh-ruh-suh
eoreoseo
Noun form — (기)
얼기
uhl-gee
eolgi
Noun form — (음)
얾
uhm
eom