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KOREAN VERB

기울다

to slope, to lean, to tilt

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI slope
NegativeI don’t slope

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI sloped
NegativeI didn’t slope

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will slope
NegativeI won’t slope

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI slope (respectfully)
PastI sloped (respectfully)
FutureI will slope (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) sloping, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) sloping, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I slope
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I slope
  5. But (-지만) I slope, but…

How to use 기울다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    작은 배가 파도에 자꾸 기울어요.

    The little boat keeps tipping in the waves.

  2. Past

    비 온 뒤에 오래된 담이 기울었어요.

    After the rain the old wall leaned over.

  3. Future

    책을 더 올리면 선반이 기울 거예요.

    If you put more books on, the shelf will tilt.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지, 몸이 자꾸 왼쪽으로 기우세요.

    Grandpa, you keep leaning to the left.

  5. Connectives

    바닥이 기울어서 공이 저절로 굴러가요.

    The floor slopes, so the ball rolls by itself.

Good to know

  • 기울다 is what a thing does by itself; 기울이다 is to tilt it, or to lend an ear, 귀를 기울이다.

Where you hear 기울다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Advanced Level 2

  • 바닥이 창문 쪽으로 기울어요. The floor slopes towards the window.
  • 옛날 집은 다 기울었어요. Old houses all leaned.
  • 그렇게 놓으면 선반이 기울 거예요. If you put it like that, the shelf will tilt.
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The sloping floor

Advanced Level 2 · 창문 쪽으로 기울어요.

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