떠돌아
ttuh-doh-rah
tteodora
떠돌다
To say to wander, to roam politely in the present tense, use 떠돌아요 (ttuh-doh-rah-yoh) · tteodorayo. Below is the full conjugation of 떠돌다 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 | 떠돌아요 ttuh-doh-rah-yoh tteodorayo | 떠돕니다 ttuh-dohm-nee-dah tteodomnida | |
| Past | 떠돌았어 ttuh-doh-rah-ssuh tteodorasseo | 떠돌았어요 ttuh-doh-rah-ssuh-yoh tteodorasseoyo | 떠돌았습니다 ttuh-doh-rah-sseum-nee-dah tteodorasseumnida |
| Future | 떠돌 거야 ttuh-dohl guh-yah tteodol geoya | 떠돌 거예요 ttuh-dohl guh-yae-yoh tteodol geoyeyo | 떠돌 겁니다 ttuh-dohl guhm-nee-dah tteodol geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
떠도세요
ttuh-doh-sae-yoh
tteodoseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
떠돌아요
ttuh-doh-rah-yoh
tteodorayo
Question Polite (요)
떠돌아요?
ttuh-doh-rah-yoh-?
tteodorayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
떠돌고
ttuh-dohl-goh
tteodolgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
떠돌면
ttuh-dohl-myuhn
tteodolmyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
떠돌고 있어요
ttuh-dohl-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
tteodolgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
떠돌고 싶어요
ttuh-dohl-goh shee-puh-yoh
tteodolgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
떠돌 수 있어요
ttuh-dohl soo ee-ssuh-yoh
tteodol su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
떠돌아서
ttuh-doh-rah-suh
tteodoraseo
Noun form — (기)
떠돌기
ttuh-dohl-gee
tteodolgi
Noun form — (음)
떠돎
ttuh-dohm
tteodom