엿들어
yuh-tteu-ruh
yeotteureo
엿듣다
To say to eavesdrop, to overhear, to listen secretly politely in the present tense, use 엿들어요 (yuh-tteu-ruh-yoh) · yeotteureoyo. Below is the full conjugation of 엿듣다 across the three tenses and three everyday speech levels.
Grammar note (ㄷ irregular): ㄷ-irregular verbs end in 다 with a ㄷ final consonant. Before a vowel, the ㄷ changes to ㄹ. So 듣다 (to listen) becomes 들어요 — NOT *듣어요. Before consonants the ㄷ stays: 듣고, 듣지. A few verbs that look like ㄷ-irregulars are actually regular (e.g. 받다, 믿다) — there is no spelling rule; each must be memorised. See all ㄷ-irregular verbs →
Conjugation table
pron. = pronunciation guide · RR = Revised Romanization
Highlighted = where the stem changes
| Tense | Casual (반말) | Polite (요) | Formal (합니다) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Present | 엿들어요 yuh-tteu-ruh-yoh yeotteureoyo | 엿듣습니다 yuh-tteut-seum-nee-dah yeotteutseumnida | |
| Past | 엿들었어 yuh-tteu-ruh-ssuh yeotteureosseo | 엿들었어요 yuh-tteu-ruh-ssuh-yoh yeotteureosseoyo | 엿들었습니다 yuh-tteu-ruh-sseum-nee-dah yeotteureosseumnida |
| Future | 엿들을 거야 yuh-tteu-reul guh-yah yeotteureul geoya | 엿들을 거예요 yuh-tteu-reul guh-yae-yoh yeotteureul geoyeyo | 엿들을 겁니다 yuh-tteu-reul guhm-nee-dah yeotteureul geomnida |
Other useful forms
Honorific / Command Polite (-(으)세요)
엿들으세요
yuh-tteu-reu-sae-yoh
yeotteureuseyo
Suggestion / Let's Polite (요)
엿들어요
yuh-tteu-ruh-yoh
yeotteureoyo
Question Polite (요)
엿들어요?
yuh-tteu-ruh-yoh-?
yeotteureoyo?
Connective "and" — (고)
엿듣고
yuh-tteut-goh
yeotteutgo
Conditional "if" — (면)
엿들으면
yuh-tteu-reu-myuhn
yeotteureumyeon
Progressive (고 있어요)
엿듣고 있어요
yuh-tteut-goh ee-ssuh-yoh
yeotteutgo isseoyo
Want to (고 싶어요)
엿듣고 싶어요
yuh-tteut-goh shee-puh-yoh
yeotteutgo sipeoyo
Can / Able to ((으)ㄹ 수 있어요)
엿들을 수 있어요
yuh-tteu-reul soo ee-ssuh-yoh
yeotteureul su isseoyo
Because / So (아/어서)
엿들어서
yuh-tteu-ruh-suh
yeotteureoseo
Noun form — (기)
엿듣기
yuh-tteut-gee
yeotteutgi
Noun form — (음)
엿들음
yuh-tteu-reum
yeotteureum