늘리다

to increase something

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
늘리는
아/어Infinitive
늘려
-으니Since
늘리니
합니다Formal
늘립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 늘려요늘립니다늘려늘린다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 늘렸어요늘렸습니다늘렸어늘렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 늘리겠어요늘리겠습니다늘리겠어늘리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 늘릴 거예요늘릴 것입니다늘릴 거야늘릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 늘려요?늘립니까?늘려?늘리니?
과거Past 늘렸어요?늘렸습니까?늘렸어?늘렸니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 늘리세요늘리십시오늘려늘려라
청유Let's 늘려요늘립시다늘려늘리자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 늘려요안 늘립니다안 늘려안 늘린다
-지 않다Not (long) 늘리지 않아요늘리지 않습니다늘리지 않아늘리지 않는다
못Cannot 못 늘려요못 늘립니다못 늘려못 늘린다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 늘리세요늘리십니다늘리셔늘리신다
과거Past 늘리셨어요늘리셨습니다늘리셨어늘리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
늘리는
과거Past
늘린
미래Future
늘릴
회상Used to
늘리던

Joining clauses

-고and
늘리고
-게-ly / so that
늘리게
-어서so / and then
늘려서
-으니까since
늘리니까
-으면if / when
늘리면
-지만but
늘리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
늘리는데
-어도even if
늘려도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 늘리고 있어요늘리고 있습니다늘리고 있어늘리고 있다
과거Was doing 늘리고 있었어요늘리고 있었습니다늘리고 있었어늘리고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

예산도 3배로 늘리는 것이 어떨까요?

I think we should triple the amount of money we're spending on it.

사업을 늘리기가 힘들죠.

You can't scale with people.

늘릴 방법이 있을지도 몰라

Maybe there's a way to make it last longer.

약을 잘라서 양을 늘리겠다

You cut the drug, you increase the inventory.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 늘리다 in Korean?

늘리다 (to increase something) is 늘려요 in the polite 해요체, 늘립니다 in formal 합니다체, 늘려 in casual 반말 and 늘린다 in the plain written style. The past is 늘렸어요.

What is the past tense of 늘리다?

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

Is 늘리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 늘립니다, 늘려, 늘리니 all keep 늘리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 늘리다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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