늘다

to increase

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
느는
아/어Infinitive
늘어
-으니Since
느니
합니다Formal
늡니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 늘어요늡니다늘어는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 늘었어요늘었습니다늘었어늘었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 늘겠어요늘겠습니다늘겠어늘겠다
-을 것이다Going to 늘 거예요늘 것입니다늘 거야늘 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 늘어요?늡니까?늘어?느니?
과거Past 늘었어요?늘었습니까?늘었어?늘었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 느세요느십시오늘어늘어라
청유Let's 늘어요늡시다늘어늘자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 늘어요안 늡니다안 늘어안 는다
-지 않다Not (long) 늘지 않아요늘지 않습니다늘지 않아늘지 않는다
못Cannot 못 늘어요못 늡니다못 늘어못 는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 느세요느십니다느셔느신다
과거Past 느셨어요느셨습니다느셨어느셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
느는
과거Past
는
미래Future
늘
회상Used to
늘던

Joining clauses

-고and
늘고
-게-ly / so that
늘게
-어서so / and then
늘어서
-으니까since
느니까
-으면if / when
늘면
-지만but
늘지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
느는데
-어도even if
늘어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 늘고 있어요늘고 있습니다늘고 있어늘고 있다
과거Was doing 늘고 있었어요늘고 있었습니다늘고 있었어늘고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

사람의 몸의 70%는 물이죠.

The human body is 70 percent water.

그렇다면 나머지 90%는 어떨까요?

What about the other 90?

1.5℃는 말도 안된다고 생각했어요.

1.5 degrees Celsius. "No way," I thought.

전 세계에서, 60%는 에너지 입니다.

In the world, 60 percent is energy.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 늘다 in Korean?

늘다 (to increase) is 늘어요 in the polite 해요체, 늡니다 in formal 합니다체, 늘어 in casual 반말 and 는다 in the plain written style. The past is 늘었어요.

What is the past tense of 늘다?

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

Is 늘다 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 늘어 and 느니 but unchanged in 늡니다.

What TOPIK level is 늘다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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