매달아
mae-dah-rah
maedara
매달다
To say to hang politely in the present tense, use 매달아요 (mae-dah-rah-yoh) · maedarayo. Below is the full conjugation of 매달다 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 | 매달아요 mae-dah-rah-yoh maedarayo | 매답니다 mae-dahm-nee-dah maedamnida | |
| Past | 매달았어 mae-dah-rah-ssuh maedarasseo | 매달았어요 mae-dah-rah-ssuh-yoh maedarasseoyo | 매달았습니다 mae-dah-rah-sseum-nee-dah maedarasseumnida |
| Future | 매달 거야 mae-dahl guh-yah maedal geoya | 매달 거예요 mae-dahl guh-yae-yoh maedal geoyeyo | 매달 겁니다 mae-dahl guhm-nee-dah maedal geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
매다세요
mae-dah-sae-yoh
maedaseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
매달아요
mae-dah-rah-yoh
maedarayo
Question Polite (요)
매달아요?
mae-dah-rah-yoh-?
maedarayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
매달고
mae-dahl-goh
maedalgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
매달면
mae-dahl-myuhn
maedalmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
매달고 있어요
mae-dahl-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
maedalgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
매달고 싶어요
mae-dahl-goh shee-puh-yoh
maedalgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
매달 수 있어요
mae-dahl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
maedal su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
매달아서
mae-dah-rah-suh
maedaraseo
Noun form — (기)
매달기
mae-dahl-gee
maedalgi
Noun form — (음)
매닮
mae-dahm
maedam