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KOREAN VERB

흘리다

to spill, to shed

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI spill
NegativeI don’t spill

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI spilled
NegativeI didn’t spill

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI spill (respectfully)
PastI spilled (respectfully)
FutureI will spill (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please spill
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please spill (formal)
  3. Plain command spill! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t spill

How to use 흘리다

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

  1. Present

    여름에는 조금만 걸어도 땀을 많이 흘려요.

    In summer I sweat a lot even walking a little.

  2. Past

    영화 마지막에 눈물을 흘렸어요.

    I shed tears at the end of the film.

  3. Future

    매운 걸 먹으면 땀을 흘릴 거예요.

    If you eat something spicy, you'll sweat.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 운동하시면서 땀을 많이 흘리셨어요.

    Grandpa sweated a lot while exercising.

  5. Connectives

    국물을 흘리고 옷을 갈아입었어요.

    I dripped soup on myself and changed clothes.

  6. Requests and commands

    김치 국물 흘리지 마세요, 흰옷이에요.

    Don't drip the kimchi juice, it's a white shirt.

Good to know

  • 흘리다 goes with 땀 (sweat), 눈물 (tears), 피 (blood) and dripped food; it is the "make flow" of 흐르다.

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