좁아지다
to become narrow
Principal parts
- 관형사형Modifier
- 좁아지는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 좁아져
- -으니Since
- 좁아지니
- 합니다Formal
- 좁아집니다
Present
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 좁아져요 | 좁아집니다 | 좁아져 | 좁아진다 |
Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 좁아졌어요 | 좁아졌습니다 | 좁아졌어 | 좁아졌다 |
Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 좁아지겠어요 | 좁아지겠습니다 | 좁아지겠어 | 좁아지겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 좁아질 거예요 | 좁아질 것입니다 | 좁아질 거야 | 좁아질 것이다 |
Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 좁아져요? | 좁아집니까? | 좁아져? | 좁아지니? |
| 과거Past | 좁아졌어요? | 좁아졌습니까? | 좁아졌어? | 좁아졌니? |
Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 좁아지세요 | 좁아지십시오 | 좁아져 | 좁아져라 |
| 청유Let's | 좁아져요 | 좁아집시다 | 좁아져 | 좁아지자 |
Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 좁아져요 | 안 좁아집니다 | 안 좁아져 | 안 좁아진다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 좁아지지 않아요 | 좁아지지 않습니다 | 좁아지지 않아 | 좁아지지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 좁아져요 | 못 좁아집니다 | 못 좁아져 | 못 좁아진다 |
Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 좁아지세요 | 좁아지십니다 | 좁아지셔 | 좁아지신다 |
| 과거Past | 좁아지셨어요 | 좁아지셨습니다 | 좁아지셨어 | 좁아지셨다 |
Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 좁아지는
- 과거Past
- 좁아진
- 미래Future
- 좁아질
- 회상Used to
- 좁아지던
Joining clauses
- -고and
- 좁아지고
- -게-ly / so that
- 좁아지게
- -어서so / and then
- 좁아져서
- -으니까since
- 좁아지니까
- -으면if / when
- 좁아지면
- -지만but
- 좁아지지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 좁아지는데
- -어도even if
- 좁아져도
In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 좁아지고 있어요 | 좁아지고 있습니다 | 좁아지고 있어 | 좁아지고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 좁아지고 있었어요 | 좁아지고 있었습니다 | 좁아지고 있었어 | 좁아지고 있었다 |
Sentence patterns
- 1이 좁아지다
In real sentences
우리 세상이 얼마나 좁아졌습니까.
How small our world has become.
토론의 폭이 실제로 좁아지고 있습니다.
The narrowing of debate is real.
왜 그렇게 됐냐면 세상이 정말 좁아졌습니다
This is because the world has become smaller
침식도 줄어들고물길도 좁아졌습니다.
There was less erosion. The channels narrowed.
Common questions
How do you conjugate 좁아지다 in Korean?
좁아지다 (to become narrow) is 좁아져요 in the polite 해요체, 좁아집니다 in formal 합니다체, 좁아져 in casual 반말 and 좁아진다 in the plain written style. The past is 좁아졌어요.
What is the past tense of 좁아지다?
좁아졌어요 in everyday polite speech, 좁아졌습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 좁아져 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 좁아지다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 좁아집니다, 좁아져, 좁아지니 all keep 좁아지 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 좁아지다?
It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.
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