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KOREAN VERB

미끄러지다

to slip

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI slip
NegativeI don’t slip

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI slipped
NegativeI didn’t slip

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI slip (respectfully)
PastI slipped (respectfully)
FutureI will slip (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 미끄러지다

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

  1. Present

    비 오는 날에는 사람들이 자주 미끄러져요.

    On rainy days, people often slip.

  2. Past

    어제 아침에 욕실 바닥에서 미끄러졌어요.

    Yesterday morning I slipped on the bathroom floor.

  3. Future

    그 신발을 신으면 눈길에서 미끄러질 거예요.

    If you wear those shoes, you'll slip on the snowy road.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지가 집 앞 빙판에서 미끄러지셨어요.

    Grandpa slipped on the ice in front of the house.

  5. Connectives

    계단에서 미끄러져서 발목을 조금 다쳤어요.

    I slipped on the stairs and hurt my ankle a little.

  6. Requests and commands

    바닥이 젖었으니까 조심하세요, 미끄러지지 마세요.

    The floor is wet, so be careful, don't slip.

Good to know

  • 미끄럽다 is slippery, the floor; 미끄러지다 is what you do on it.

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