좁히다

to narrow

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
좁히는
아/어Infinitive
좁혀
-으니Since
좁히니
합니다Formal
좁힙니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 좁혀요좁힙니다좁혀좁힌다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 좁혔어요좁혔습니다좁혔어좁혔다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 좁히겠어요좁히겠습니다좁히겠어좁히겠다
-을 것이다Going to 좁힐 거예요좁힐 것입니다좁힐 거야좁힐 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 좁혀요?좁힙니까?좁혀?좁히니?
과거Past 좁혔어요?좁혔습니까?좁혔어?좁혔니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 좁히세요좁히십시오좁혀좁혀라
청유Let's 좁혀요좁힙시다좁혀좁히자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 좁혀요안 좁힙니다안 좁혀안 좁힌다
-지 않다Not (long) 좁히지 않아요좁히지 않습니다좁히지 않아좁히지 않는다
못Cannot 못 좁혀요못 좁힙니다못 좁혀못 좁힌다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 좁히세요좁히십니다좁히셔좁히신다
과거Past 좁히셨어요좁히셨습니다좁히셨어좁히셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
좁히는
과거Past
좁힌
미래Future
좁힐
회상Used to
좁히던

Joining clauses

-고and
좁히고
-게-ly / so that
좁히게
-어서so / and then
좁혀서
-으니까since
좁히니까
-으면if / when
좁히면
-지만but
좁히지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
좁히는데
-어도even if
좁혀도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 좁히고 있어요좁히고 있습니다좁히고 있어좁히고 있다
과거Was doing 좁히고 있었어요좁히고 있었습니다좁히고 있었어좁히고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그럼 네 명으로 좁혀지네

So that narrows it down to four.

정확한 지역을 좁혀 나가고 있어

They've narrowed down his location, mainwaring.

그렇게 되면 이 간격도 좁혀질 것입니다.

And this gap really narrows.

그래서 우리는 학습 목표를 좁히도록 도와줍니다.

So I help narrow down the learning goals. 2.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 좁히다 in Korean?

좁히다 (to narrow) is 좁혀요 in the polite 해요체, 좁힙니다 in formal 합니다체, 좁혀 in casual 반말 and 좁힌다 in the plain written style. The past is 좁혔어요.

What is the past tense of 좁히다?

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

Is 좁히다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 좁힙니다, 좁혀, 좁히니 all keep 좁히 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 좁히다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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