팔아
pah-rah
para
팔다
To say to sell politely in the present tense, use 팔아요 (pah-rah-yoh) · parayo. Below is the full conjugation of 팔다 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 | 팔아요 pah-rah-yoh parayo | 팝니다 pahm-nee-dah pamnida | |
| Past | 팔았어 pah-rah-ssuh parasseo | 팔았어요 pah-rah-ssuh-yoh parasseoyo | 팔았습니다 pah-rah-sseum-nee-dah parasseumnida |
| Future | 팔 거야 pahl guh-yah pal geoya | 팔 거예요 pahl guh-yae-yoh pal geoyeyo | 팔 겁니다 pahl guhm-nee-dah pal geomnida |
Example sentences
- casual present이 가게 김밥도 팔아?Does this place sell gimbap too?
- polite present저기 편의점에서 우산을 팔아요.The convenience store over there sells umbrellas.
- formal present이 시장에서는 신선한 해산물을 팝니다.This market sells fresh seafood.
- casual past너 차 팔았어?Did you sell your car?
- polite past안 쓰는 물건을 중고로 팔았어요.I sold the things I don’t use secondhand.
- formal past그 출판사는 첫 달에 만 권을 팔았습니다.The publisher sold ten thousand copies in the first month.
- casual future이사 가기 전에 소파 팔 거야.I’m going to sell the couch before I move.
- polite future주말 시장에서 직접 만든 쿠키를 팔 거예요.I’m going to sell homemade cookies at the weekend market.
- formal future신제품은 다음 달부터 온라인에서 팔 겁니다.The new product will be sold online starting next month.
- honorific -(으)세요이 가방 얼마에 파세요?How much are you selling this bag for?
How it’s used
팔다 means to sell; the buyer takes 에게 and the price takes 에: 만 원에 팔아요. Its passive 팔리다 means “to sell” in the sense of being bought: 이 책은 잘 팔려요 (“this book sells well”). As an ㄹ-stem verb it drops ㄹ before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 팝니다, 파세요, 파는 곳.
Common mistake
Keeping the ㄹ in the honorific: ✗ 얼마에 팔세요? → ✓ 얼마에 파세요?
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
파세요
pah-sae-yoh
paseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
팔아요
pah-rah-yoh
parayo
Question Polite (요)
팔아요?
pah-rah-yoh-?
parayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
팔고
pahl-goh
palgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
팔면
pahl-myuhn
palmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
팔고 있어요
pahl-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
palgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
팔고 싶어요
pahl-goh shee-puh-yoh
palgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
팔 수 있어요
pahl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
pal su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
팔아서
pah-rah-suh
paraseo
Noun form — (기)
팔기
pahl-gee
palgi
Noun form — (음)
팖
pahm
pam