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르 irregular

떠오르다 conjugation (tteooreuda, to rise, to arise)

To say to rise, to arise politely in the present tense, use 떠올라요 (ttuh-ohl-rah-yoh) · tteoolrayo. Below is the full conjugation of 떠오르다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.

Grammar note (르 irregular): 르-irregular verbs and adjectives end in 르다. Before the -어/-아 suffix the 르 splits: the ㅡ vowel drops and a ㄹ is added as the final consonant of the preceding syllable. 모르다 (not to know) → 몰라요 (not *모르어요), 부르다 (to call) → 불러요. Before consonant suffixes 르 stays intact: 모르고, 부르지. See all 르-irregular verbs →

Conjugation table

pron. = pronunciation guide  · RR = Revised Romanization

Highlighted = where the stem changes

TenseCasual (반말)Polite (요)Formal (합니다)
Present
떠올라
ttuh-ohl-rah
tteoolra
떠올라요
ttuh-ohl-rah-yoh
tteoolrayo
떠오릅니다
ttuh-oh-reum-nee-dah
tteooreumnida
Past
떠올랐어
ttuh-ohl-rah-ssuh
tteoolrasseo
떠올랐어요
ttuh-ohl-rah-ssuh-yoh
tteoolrasseoyo
떠올랐습니다
ttuh-ohl-rah-sseum-nee-dah
tteoolrasseumnida
Future
떠오를 거야
ttuh-oh-reul guh-yah
tteooreul geoya
떠오를 거예요
ttuh-oh-reul guh-yae-yoh
tteooreul geoyeyo
떠오를 겁니다
ttuh-oh-reul guhm-nee-dah
tteooreul geomnida

Other useful forms

Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
떠오르세요
ttuh-oh-reu-sae-yoh
tteooreuseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
떠올라요
ttuh-ohl-rah-yoh
tteoolrayo
Question Polite (요)
떠올라요?
ttuh-ohl-rah-yoh-?
tteoolrayo?
Connective "and" — (고)
떠오르고
ttuh-oh-reu-goh
tteooreugo
Conditional "if" — (면)
떠오르면
ttuh-oh-reu-myuhn
tteooreumyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
떠오르고 있어요
ttuh-oh-reu-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
tteooreugo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
떠오르고 싶어요
ttuh-oh-reu-goh shee-puh-yoh
tteooreugo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
떠오를 수 있어요
ttuh-oh-reul soo ee-ssuh-yoh
tteooreul su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
떠올라서
ttuh-ohl-rah-suh
tteoolraseo
Noun form — (기)
떠오르기
ttuh-oh-reu-gee
tteooreugi
Noun form — (음)
떠오름
ttuh-oh-reum
tteooreum