졸아
choh-rah
jora
졸다
To say to doze off politely in the present tense, use 졸아요 (choh-rah-yoh) · jorayo. Below is the full conjugation of 졸다 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 | 졸아요 choh-rah-yoh jorayo | 좁니다 chohm-nee-dah jomnida | |
| Past | 졸았어 choh-rah-ssuh jorasseo | 졸았어요 choh-rah-ssuh-yoh jorasseoyo | 졸았습니다 choh-rah-sseum-nee-dah jorasseumnida |
| Future | 졸 거야 chohl guh-yah jol geoya | 졸 거예요 chohl guh-yae-yoh jol geoyeyo | 졸 겁니다 chohl guhm-nee-dah jol geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
조세요
choh-sae-yoh
joseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
졸아요
choh-rah-yoh
jorayo
Question Polite (요)
졸아요?
choh-rah-yoh-?
jorayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
졸고
chohl-goh
jolgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
졸면
chohl-myuhn
jolmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
졸고 있어요
chohl-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
jolgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
졸고 싶어요
chohl-goh shee-puh-yoh
jolgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
졸 수 있어요
chohl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
jol su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
졸아서
choh-rah-suh
joraseo
Noun form — (기)
졸기
chohl-gee
jolgi
Noun form — (음)
졺
chohm
jom