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KOREAN VERB

밀리다

to get pushed, to be shoved

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI get pushed
NegativeI don’t get pushed

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI got pushed
NegativeI didn’t get pushed

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will get pushed
NegativeI won’t get pushed

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI get pushed (respectfully)
PastI got pushed (respectfully)
FutureI will get pushed (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 밀리다

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

  1. Present

    출근 시간에는 지하철에서 늘 밀려요.

    At rush hour you always get shoved on the subway.

  2. Past

    휴가 다녀왔더니 일이 잔뜩 밀렸어요.

    I came back from holiday and work had piled up.

  3. Future

    금요일 저녁이라 차가 많이 밀릴 거예요.

    It's Friday evening, so traffic will be badly backed up.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 아침 지하철에서 사람들한테 밀리셨어요.

    Grandma got shoved by people on the morning subway.

  5. Connectives

    차가 밀리니까 지하철로 가는 게 나아요.

    Traffic's backed up, so it's better to take the subway.

  6. Requests and commands

    월세는 절대 한 달도 밀리지 마세요.

    Never fall behind on the rent, not even one month.

Good to know

  • The passive of 밀다, to push: 지하철에서 밀렸어요 on a crowded train; 일이 밀리다 is work piling up, 차가 밀리다 a traffic jam.

Where you hear 밀리다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 지하철에서 사람들이 많이 밀려요. On the subway people get pushed around a lot.
  • 아침에 사람들한테 밀렸어. This morning I got shoved by the crowd.
  • 공연 때는 앞으로 밀릴 거야. At the gig you'll get pushed to the front.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.