줄어들다

to diminish or decrease

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
줄어드는
아/어Infinitive
줄어들어
-으니Since
줄어드니
합니다Formal
줄어듭니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 줄어들어요줄어듭니다줄어들어줄어든다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 줄어들었어요줄어들었습니다줄어들었어줄어들었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 줄어들겠어요줄어들겠습니다줄어들겠어줄어들겠다
-을 것이다Going to 줄어들 거예요줄어들 것입니다줄어들 거야줄어들 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 줄어들어요?줄어듭니까?줄어들어?줄어드니?
과거Past 줄어들었어요?줄어들었습니까?줄어들었어?줄어들었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 줄어드세요줄어드십시오줄어들어줄어들어라
청유Let's 줄어들어요줄어듭시다줄어들어줄어들자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 줄어들어요안 줄어듭니다안 줄어들어안 줄어든다
-지 않다Not (long) 줄어들지 않아요줄어들지 않습니다줄어들지 않아줄어들지 않는다
못Cannot 못 줄어들어요못 줄어듭니다못 줄어들어못 줄어든다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 줄어드세요줄어드십니다줄어드셔줄어드신다
과거Past 줄어드셨어요줄어드셨습니다줄어드셨어줄어드셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
줄어드는
과거Past
줄어든
미래Future
줄어들
회상Used to
줄어들던

Joining clauses

-고and
줄어들고
-게-ly / so that
줄어들게
-어서so / and then
줄어들어서
-으니까since
줄어드니까
-으면if / when
줄어들면
-지만but
줄어들지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
줄어드는데
-어도even if
줄어들어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 줄어들고 있어요줄어들고 있습니다줄어들고 있어줄어들고 있다
과거Was doing 줄어들고 있었어요줄어들고 있었습니다줄어들고 있었어줄어들고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그랬더니, 갑자기 줄이 줄어들었죠.

And suddenly, queues became shorter.

그리고 비용은 엄청나게 줄어들고 있죠.

We see the cost coming down dramatically.

사례가 줄어듦에 따라서 사람들와 정부는 관심갖지 않았습니다.

As the number of cases dropped, people and governments stopped paying attention.

이익은 더 줄어듭니다. 왜냐하면 사람들이 그렇게 하고 있거든요.

Spreads are narrower because people are trading that kind of stuff.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 줄어들다 in Korean?

줄어들다 (to diminish or decrease) is 줄어들어요 in the polite 해요체, 줄어듭니다 in formal 합니다체, 줄어들어 in casual 반말 and 줄어든다 in the plain written style. The past is 줄어들었어요.

What is the past tense of 줄어들다?

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

Is 줄어들다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 줄어들어 and 줄어드니 but unchanged in 줄어듭니다.

What TOPIK level is 줄어들다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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