느리다

to be slow

TOPIK 2 2급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
느린
아/어Infinitive
느려
-으니Since
느리니
합니다Formal
느립니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 느려요느립니다느려느리다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 느렸어요느렸습니다느렸어느렸다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 느리겠어요느리겠습니다느리겠어느리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 느릴 거예요느릴 것입니다느릴 거야느릴 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 느려요?느립니까?느려?느리니?
과거Past 느렸어요?느렸습니까?느렸어?느렸니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 느려요안 느립니다안 느려안 느리다
-지 않다Not (long) 느리지 않아요느리지 않습니다느리지 않아느리지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 느리세요느리십니다느리셔느리시다
과거Past 느리셨어요느리셨습니다느리셨어느리셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
느린
과거Past
느린
미래Future
느릴
회상Used to
느리던

Joining clauses

-고and
느리고
-게-ly / so that
느리게
-어서so / and then
느려서
-으니까since
느리니까
-으면if / when
느리면
-지만but
느리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
느린데
-어도even if
느려도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

조금만 더 느리게 말씀해 주시겠어요?

Could you please speak a little slower?

느리게 갈 수도 있고,

It sounds like this.

주변 환경이 매우 느리게 변화했으니까요.

The environment changed very slowly.

분명히 제가 속한 분야에서는 기술 발전이 느리게 일어납니다.

So yes, technology happens a bit slowly sometimes in my world.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 느리다 in Korean?

느리다 (to be slow) is 느려요 in the polite 해요체, 느립니다 in formal 합니다체, 느려 in casual 반말 and 느리다 in the plain written style. The past is 느렸어요.

What is the past tense of 느리다?

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

Is 느리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 느립니다, 느려, 느리니 all keep 느리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 느리다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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