KOREAN VERB

낮추다

to lower (a voice, a price, the heating)

Conjugation

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

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI lower
NegativeI don’t lower

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form	Polite	Formal	Casual
AffirmativeI lowered
NegativeI didn’t lower

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

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

Form	Polite	Formal
PresentI lower (respectfully)
PastI lowered (respectfully)
FutureI will lower (respectfully)

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

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

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

Present

밤에는 난방 온도를 조금 낮춰요.

At night I turn the heating down a little.
Past

가게 주인이 값을 천 원 낮췄어요.

The shop owner lowered the price by a thousand won.
Future

다음 달부터 월세를 조금 낮출 거예요.

From next month I'll lower the rent a little.
Honorific

할머니, 라디오 소리 좀 낮추셨어요?

Grandma, did you turn the radio down a bit?
Connectives

목소리를 낮추고 천천히 말해 보세요.

Lower your voice and try speaking slowly.
Requests and commands

도서관 안에서는 목소리를 좀 낮추세요.

Please lower your voice inside the library.

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

Intermediate Level 2 · 목소리를 낮추세요.

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.