Present
현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI decrease | |||
| NegativeI don’t decrease |
Conjugation
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Past
과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI decreased | |||
| NegativeI didn’t decrease |
Future
미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI will decrease | |||
| NegativeI won’t decrease |
Honorific
높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms
| Form | Polite | Formal |
|---|---|---|
| PresentI decrease (respectfully) | ||
| PastI decreased (respectfully) | ||
| FutureI will decrease (respectfully) |
Connectives
연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences
- And (-고) decreasing, and…, and…
- So, and then (-아/어서) decreasing, and…, so…
- If, when (-(으)면) if I decrease
- Because (-(으)니까) because I decrease
- But (-지만) I decrease, but…
How to use 줄다
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
겨울에는 손님이 많이 줄어요.
In winter the customers drop a lot.
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Past
운동해서 몸무게가 삼 킬로 줄었어요.
I exercised, and my weight went down three kilos.
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Future
다음 달부터 월급이 조금 줄 거예요.
From next month my salary will go down a little.
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Honorific
할아버지는 요즘 식사량이 많이 주셨어요.
Grandpa's appetite has gone down a lot lately.
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Connectives
수입이 줄어서 외식을 안 해요.
My income went down, so I don't eat out.
Good to know
- 줄다 is the thing going down by itself: 살이 줄었어요, 손님이 줄었어요; to cut something down is 줄이다.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.