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KOREAN VERB

말리다

to dry (something), to stop someone

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI dry
NegativeI don’t dry

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI dried
NegativeI didn’t dry

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI dry (respectfully)
PastI dried (respectfully)
FutureI will dry (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 말리다

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

  1. Present

    저는 샤워하고 머리를 꼭 말려요.

    I always dry my hair after a shower.

  2. Past

    젖은 신발을 햇볕에 말렸어요.

    I dried the wet shoes in the sun.

  3. Future

    빨래는 베란다에서 말릴 거예요.

    I'll dry the laundry on the balcony.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 고추를 마당에서 말리셨어요.

    Grandma dried chilli peppers in the yard.

  5. Connectives

    머리를 말리고 바로 나갈 거예요.

    I'll dry my hair and go straight out.

  6. Requests and commands

    수건으로 강아지를 잘 말리세요.

    Dry the dog well with a towel.

Good to know

  • 말리다 is the "make dry" of 마르다: 머리를 말려요; and to stop someone from doing something: 싸움을 말려요.

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