적어지다

to become smaller

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
적어지는
아/어Infinitive
적어져
-으니Since
적어지니
합니다Formal
적어집니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 적어져요적어집니다적어져적어진다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 적어졌어요적어졌습니다적어졌어적어졌다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 적어지겠어요적어지겠습니다적어지겠어적어지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 적어질 거예요적어질 것입니다적어질 거야적어질 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 적어져요?적어집니까?적어져?적어지니?
과거Past 적어졌어요?적어졌습니까?적어졌어?적어졌니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 적어지세요적어지십시오적어져적어져라
청유Let's 적어져요적어집시다적어져적어지자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 적어져요안 적어집니다안 적어져안 적어진다
-지 않다Not (long) 적어지지 않아요적어지지 않습니다적어지지 않아적어지지 않는다
못Cannot 못 적어져요못 적어집니다못 적어져못 적어진다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 적어지세요적어지십니다적어지셔적어지신다
과거Past 적어지셨어요적어지셨습니다적어지셨어적어지셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
적어지는
과거Past
적어진
미래Future
적어질
회상Used to
적어지던

Joining clauses

-고and
적어지고
-게-ly / so that
적어지게
-어서so / and then
적어져서
-으니까since
적어지니까
-으면if / when
적어지면
-지만but
적어지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
적어지는데
-어도even if
적어져도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 적어지고 있어요적어지고 있습니다적어지고 있어적어지고 있다
과거Was doing 적어지고 있었어요적어지고 있었습니다적어지고 있었어적어지고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

인은 점점 더 적어질 테고

Less and less phosphorus will be available.

범죄가 적어지면, 좋은 것이니까요.

Crime is down. That's a good thing.

그저 밤하늘에 불빛이 적어졌을 뿐입니다.

You just shone less light up into the sky.

빛이 많을수록, 여러분이 볼 수 있는게 적어집니다.

The more light there is, the less you can see.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 적어지다 in Korean?

적어지다 (to become smaller) is 적어져요 in the polite 해요체, 적어집니다 in formal 합니다체, 적어져 in casual 반말 and 적어진다 in the plain written style. The past is 적어졌어요.

What is the past tense of 적어지다?

적어졌어요 in everyday polite speech, 적어졌습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 적어져 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 적어지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 적어집니다, 적어져, 적어지니 all keep 적어지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 적어지다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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