떠돌다 conjugation

The polite forms end in 요 and suit most conversations; the formal form is for announcements, presentations and first meetings. The same form works for I, you, she or they.

How 떠돌다 conjugates

1. Find the stem. Take 다 off 떠돌다 and you are left with 떠돌.
2. Check the last vowel. It is ㅗ, and a stem ending in ㅏ or ㅗ takes 아요.
3. Join them. 떠돌 + 아요 gives 떠돌아요. The ㄹ drops before ㅂ니다, giving the formal form.
4. Build the rest on it. The past tense adds ㅆ to the same base, giving 떠돌았어요, and the table above has the future and the formal form.

More ㄹ stem verbs

• 굽이돌다to curve round
• 감돌다to hang in the air
• 모여들다to gather in
• 덜다to lessen
• 웃돌다to be above
• 밑돌다to be below

Conjugate any other verb with the Korean verb conjugator, or read the lesson on the Korean present tense for the rules behind the table.