들

Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɯɭ/
• Phonetic hangul: 들

Romanizations

Revised transcription	deul
Revised transliteration	deul
McCune–Reischauer	tŭl
Yale	tul

Noun

들 (deul)

1. meadow

Particle

들 (deul)

1. -s (indicating the plural of a noun)

   사람들 ― saram-deul ― people, persons

Usage notes

Korean does not grammatically distinguish between singular and plural nouns. Thus, while 사람들 (saramdeul) means "people", 사람 (saram) can mean either "person" or "people", depending on context.

들 (deul) is rarely used with nouns denoting inanimate objects. It is more often used with nouns denoting animate objects (people and animals), but then only when it is semantically necessary to make a distinction between singular and plural, or to emphasize plurality.

Verb

들 (deul) (future determiner of 들다)

1. which will spend
2. which will enter