까불어
ggah-boo-ruh
kkabureo
까불다
To say to act up, to fool around politely in the present tense, use 까불어요 (ggah-boo-ruh-yoh) · kkabureoyo. Below is the full conjugation of 까불다 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 | 까불어요 ggah-boo-ruh-yoh kkabureoyo | 까붑니다 ggah-boom-nee-dah kkabumnida | |
| Past | 까불었어 ggah-boo-ruh-ssuh kkabureosseo | 까불었어요 ggah-boo-ruh-ssuh-yoh kkabureosseoyo | 까불었습니다 ggah-boo-ruh-sseum-nee-dah kkabureosseumnida |
| Future | 까불 거야 ggah-bool guh-yah kkabul geoya | 까불 거예요 ggah-bool guh-yae-yoh kkabul geoyeyo | 까불 겁니다 ggah-bool guhm-nee-dah kkabul geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
까부세요
ggah-boo-sae-yoh
kkabuseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
까불어요
ggah-boo-ruh-yoh
kkabureoyo
Question Polite (요)
까불어요?
ggah-boo-ruh-yoh-?
kkabureoyo?
Connective "and" — (고)
까불고
ggah-bool-goh
kkabulgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
까불면
ggah-bool-myuhn
kkabulmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
까불고 있어요
ggah-bool-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
kkabulgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
까불고 싶어요
ggah-bool-goh shee-puh-yoh
kkabulgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
까불 수 있어요
ggah-bool soo ee-ssuh-yoh
kkabul su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
까불어서
ggah-boo-ruh-suh
kkabureoseo
Noun form — (기)
까불기
ggah-bool-gee
kkabulgi
Noun form — (음)
까붊
ggah-boom
kkabum