헛코골아
huht-koh-goh-rah
heotkogora
헛코골다
To say to pretend to snore, to feign sleep by snoring politely in the present tense, use 헛코골아요 (huht-koh-goh-rah-yoh) · heotkogorayo. Below is the full conjugation of 헛코골다 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 | 헛코골아요 huht-koh-goh-rah-yoh heotkogorayo | 헛코곱니다 huht-koh-gohm-nee-dah heotkogomnida | |
| Past | 헛코골았어 huht-koh-goh-rah-ssuh heotkogorasseo | 헛코골았어요 huht-koh-goh-rah-ssuh-yoh heotkogorasseoyo | 헛코골았습니다 huht-koh-goh-rah-sseum-nee-dah heotkogorasseumnida |
| Future | 헛코골 거야 huht-koh-gohl guh-yah heotkogol geoya | 헛코골 거예요 huht-koh-gohl guh-yae-yoh heotkogol geoyeyo | 헛코골 겁니다 huht-koh-gohl guhm-nee-dah heotkogol geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
헛코고세요
huht-koh-goh-sae-yoh
heotkogoseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
헛코골아요
huht-koh-goh-rah-yoh
heotkogorayo
Question Polite (요)
헛코골아요?
huht-koh-goh-rah-yoh-?
heotkogorayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
헛코골고
huht-koh-gohl-goh
heotkogolgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
헛코골면
huht-koh-gohl-myuhn
heotkogolmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
헛코골고 있어요
huht-koh-gohl-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
heotkogolgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
헛코골고 싶어요
huht-koh-gohl-goh shee-puh-yoh
heotkogolgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
헛코골 수 있어요
huht-koh-gohl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
heotkogol su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
헛코골아서
huht-koh-goh-rah-suh
heotkogoraseo
Noun form — (기)
헛코골기
huht-koh-gohl-gee
heotkogolgi
Noun form — (음)
헛코곪
huht-koh-gohm
heotkogom