줄이다

to reduce something

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
줄이는
아/어Infinitive
줄여
-으니Since
줄이니
합니다Formal
줄입니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 줄여요줄입니다줄여줄인다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 줄였어요줄였습니다줄였어줄였다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 줄이겠어요줄이겠습니다줄이겠어줄이겠다
-을 것이다Going to 줄일 거예요줄일 것입니다줄일 거야줄일 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 줄여요?줄입니까?줄여?줄이니?
과거Past 줄였어요?줄였습니까?줄였어?줄였니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 줄이세요줄이십시오줄여줄여라
청유Let's 줄여요줄입시다줄여줄이자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 줄여요안 줄입니다안 줄여안 줄인다
-지 않다Not (long) 줄이지 않아요줄이지 않습니다줄이지 않아줄이지 않는다
못Cannot 못 줄여요못 줄입니다못 줄여못 줄인다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 줄이세요줄이십니다줄이셔줄이신다
과거Past 줄이셨어요줄이셨습니다줄이셨어줄이셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
줄이는
과거Past
줄인
미래Future
줄일
회상Used to
줄이던

Joining clauses

-고and
줄이고
-게-ly / so that
줄이게
-어서so / and then
줄여서
-으니까since
줄이니까
-으면if / when
줄이면
-지만but
줄이지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
줄이는데
-어도even if
줄여도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 줄이고 있어요줄이고 있습니다줄이고 있어줄이고 있다
과거Was doing 줄이고 있었어요줄이고 있었습니다줄이고 있었어줄이고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

음악 소리를 좀 줄이세요.

Please turn the music down a bit.

시간을 줄이는 방법도 있죠.

We can shorten it that way.

들리는 소리를 줄이는 역할을 하죠.

So it also reduces what you hear.

담배를 줄이셔야 해요.

You should smoke less.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 줄이다 in Korean?

줄이다 (to reduce something) is 줄여요 in the polite 해요체, 줄입니다 in formal 합니다체, 줄여 in casual 반말 and 줄인다 in the plain written style. The past is 줄였어요.

What is the past tense of 줄이다?

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

Is 줄이다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 줄입니다, 줄여, 줄이니 all keep 줄이 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 줄이다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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