KOREAN VERB

줄이다

to shorten, to cut down (a word, a song, a cost)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI shorten
NegativeI don’t shorten

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI shortened
NegativeI didn’t shorten

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI shorten (respectfully)
PastI shortened (respectfully)
FutureI will shorten (respectfully)

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

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

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

Present

요즘 커피를 하루 한 잔으로 줄여요.

These days I'm cutting coffee down to one cup a day.
Past

노래가 길어서 일 분 정도 줄였어요.

The song was long, so we shortened it by about a minute.
Future

다음 달부터 배달 음식을 줄일 거예요.

From next month I'll cut down on delivery food.
Honorific

아버지는 담배를 하루 두 개비로 줄이셨어요.

Dad has cut down to two cigarettes a day.
Connectives

지출을 줄이면 일 년에 백만 원은 모아요.

If you cut spending, you save a million won a year.
Requests and commands

발표가 너무 기니까 앞부분을 줄이세요.

The presentation is too long, so shorten the beginning.

The pair of 줄다, to shrink: 소리 좀 줄여 주세요 turns the volume down, 말을 줄이다 keeps it short.

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

Fluency Level 1 · 다 줄여. 다 줄인다는 말도 줄여.

Fluency Level 3 · 그럼 또 줄여. · 수아가 이야기 하나로 줄였어요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.