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KOREAN VERB

마르다

to dry, to be thin

  • #329 most used
  • Irregular verb

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…

How to use 마르다

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

  1. Present

    여름에는 빨래가 하루 만에 말라요.

    In summer the laundry dries in a day.

  2. Past

    수아는 요즘 많이 말랐어요, 괜찮아요?

    Su-a has got very thin lately, is she all right?

  3. Future

    바람이 부니까 금방 마를 거예요.

    There's a breeze, so it'll dry soon.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 많이 마르셨어요, 식사는 잘 하세요?

    Grandma has got very thin, is she eating well?

  5. Connectives

    목이 말라서 물을 두 잔 마셨어요.

    I was thirsty, so I drank two glasses of water.

Good to know

  • 르 irregular: 말라요, 말랐어요; 목이 말라요 is "I'm thirsty", and 말랐어요 about a person means thin.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular verb.