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KOREAN VERB

늘다

to increase, to go up (a weight, a number, a skill)

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI increase
NegativeI don’t increase

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI increased
NegativeI didn’t increase

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI increase (respectfully)
PastI increased (respectfully)
FutureI will increase (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 늘다

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

  1. Present

    요즘 한국어 실력이 조금씩 늘어요.

    These days my Korean is improving little by little.

  2. Past

    겨울 동안 몸무게가 삼 킬로 늘었어요.

    Over the winter my weight went up three kilos.

  3. Future

    매일 연습하면 실력이 늘 거예요.

    If you practice every day, your skill will grow.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 요즘 식사량이 많이 느셨어요.

    Grandma's appetite has grown a lot lately.

  5. Connectives

    손님이 늘어서 직원을 더 뽑았어요.

    Customers increased, so we hired more staff.

Good to know

  • 늘다 is for the thing that grows: 실력이 늘었어요; to make it grow is 늘리다.

Where you hear 늘다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 3

  • 몸무게가 매주 늘어요. The weight goes up every week.
  • 한 달에 일 킬로나 늘었어요. She put on a whole kilo in a month.
  • 내년에는 학생이 늘 거예요. Next year the number of students will go up.
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The booklet

Advanced Level 3 · 칠백 그램이나 늘었어요.

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