털어
tuh-ruh
teoreo
털다
To say to shake off, to brush off (as dust, etc.) politely in the present tense, use 털어요 (tuh-ruh-yoh) · teoreoyo. Below is the full conjugation of 털다 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 | 털어요 tuh-ruh-yoh teoreoyo | 텁니다 tuhm-nee-dah teomnida | |
| Past | 털었어 tuh-ruh-ssuh teoreosseo | 털었어요 tuh-ruh-ssuh-yoh teoreosseoyo | 털었습니다 tuh-ruh-sseum-nee-dah teoreosseumnida |
| Future | 털 거야 tuhl guh-yah teol geoya | 털 거예요 tuhl guh-yae-yoh teol geoyeyo | 털 겁니다 tuhl guhm-nee-dah teol geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
터세요
tuh-sae-yoh
teoseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
털어요
tuh-ruh-yoh
teoreoyo
Question Polite (요)
털어요?
tuh-ruh-yoh-?
teoreoyo?
Connective "and" — (고)
털고
tuhl-goh
teolgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
털면
tuhl-myuhn
teolmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
털고 있어요
tuhl-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
teolgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
털고 싶어요
tuhl-goh shee-puh-yoh
teolgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
털 수 있어요
tuhl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
teol su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
털어서
tuh-ruh-suh
teoreoseo
Noun form — (기)
털기
tuhl-gee
teolgi
Noun form — (음)
턺
tuhm
teom