날아
nah-rah
nara
날다
To say to fly (travel through the air) politely in the present tense, use 날아요 (nah-rah-yoh) · narayo. Below is the full conjugation of 날다 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 | 날아요 nah-rah-yoh narayo | 납니다 nahm-nee-dah namnida | |
| Past | 날았어 nah-rah-ssuh narasseo | 날았어요 nah-rah-ssuh-yoh narasseoyo | 날았습니다 nah-rah-sseum-nee-dah narasseumnida |
| Future | 날 거야 nahl guh-yah nal geoya | 날 거예요 nahl guh-yae-yoh nal geoyeyo | 날 겁니다 nahl guhm-nee-dah nal geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
나세요
nah-sae-yoh
naseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
날아요
nah-rah-yoh
narayo
Question Polite (요)
날아요?
nah-rah-yoh-?
narayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
날고
nahl-goh
nalgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
날면
nahl-myuhn
nalmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
날고 있어요
nahl-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
nalgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
날고 싶어요
nahl-goh shee-puh-yoh
nalgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
날 수 있어요
nahl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
nal su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
날아서
nah-rah-suh
naraseo
Noun form — (기)
날기
nahl-gee
nalgi
Noun form — (음)
낢
nahm
nam