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KOREAN VERB

내려놓다

to set down, to put down

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI set down
NegativeI don’t set down

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI set down
NegativeI didn’t set down

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will set down
NegativeI won’t set down

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI set down (respectfully)
PastI set down (respectfully)
FutureI will set down (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 내려놓다

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

  1. Present

    집에 오면 먼저 가방을 내려놓아요.

    When I get home I put my bag down first.

  2. Past

    무거운 상자를 잠깐 바닥에 내려놓았어요.

    I set the heavy box down on the floor for a moment.

  3. Future

    짐은 저기 구석에 내려놓을 거예요.

    I'll put the luggage down over there in the corner.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 시장 바구니를 식탁에 내려놓으셨어요.

    Grandma set her market basket down on the table.

  5. Connectives

    전화기를 내려놓고 밥 좀 먹어요.

    Put the phone down and eat something.

  6. Requests and commands

    이 꽃병은 유리니까 조심해서 내려놓으세요.

    This vase is glass, so set it down carefully.

Good to know

  • 내려놓다 is 내리다 plus 놓다, bring it down and put it there; 내려놓으세요 is what a clerk says about a heavy bag.

Where you hear 내려놓다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 2

  • 여기 내려놓아요. Set it down here.
  • 테이블을 천천히 내려놓았어요. We set the table down slowly.
  • 벽 앞에 내려놓을 거예요. I'll set it down in front of the wall.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.