빨아
bbah-rah
ppara
빨다
To say to sip, to suck politely in the present tense, use 빨아요 (bbah-rah-yoh) · pparayo. Below is the full conjugation of 빨다 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 | 빨아요 bbah-rah-yoh pparayo | 빱니다 bbahm-nee-dah ppamnida | |
| Past | 빨았어 bbah-rah-ssuh pparasseo | 빨았어요 bbah-rah-ssuh-yoh pparasseoyo | 빨았습니다 bbah-rah-sseum-nee-dah pparasseumnida |
| Future | 빨 거야 bbahl guh-yah ppal geoya | 빨 거예요 bbahl guh-yae-yoh ppal geoyeyo | 빨 겁니다 bbahl guhm-nee-dah ppal geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
빠세요
bbah-sae-yoh
ppaseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
빨아요
bbah-rah-yoh
pparayo
Question Polite (요)
빨아요?
bbah-rah-yoh-?
pparayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
빨고
bbahl-goh
ppalgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
빨면
bbahl-myuhn
ppalmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
빨고 있어요
bbahl-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
ppalgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
빨고 싶어요
bbahl-goh shee-puh-yoh
ppalgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
빨 수 있어요
bbahl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
ppal su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
빨아서
bbah-rah-suh
pparaseo
Noun form — (기)
빨기
bbahl-gee
ppalgi
Noun form — (음)
빪
bbahm
ppam