To organize in Korean 🇰🇷

정리하다 info.

Tips to remember the Korean word:
• Associate “정리” with “order” or “tidiness”—imagine arranging your things neatly to create order.
• Notice that “정” can remind you of “correct” or “proper,” and “리” sounds like “ready” (as in “ready, set, go!” to organize one’s thoughts).

Explanations:
• 정리하다 means “to organize,” “to tidy up,” or “to arrange.”
• It is used in everyday contexts such as organizing a room, desk, or schedule.
• The verb connotes making things neat or putting them in order.

Other words with similar meanings:
• 정돈하다 – to tidy up, to put in order
• 정비하다 – to arrange or maintain (often used in a mechanical or systematic context)
• 체계화하다 – to systematize

Conjugations (assuming the standard polite informal style):
Infinitive (dictionary form): 정리하다 (jeongrihada)
Present tense:
 • Declarative: 정리해요 (jeongrihaeyo) – “organize”
 • Casual: 정리해 (jeongrihae)
Past tense:
 • Declarative: 정리했어요 (jeongrihaesseoyo) – “organized”
 • Casual: 정리했어 (jeongrihaesseo)
Future tense:
 • Declarative: 정리할 거예요 (jeongridal geoyeyo) – “will organize”
 • Casual: 정리할 거야 (jeongridal geoya)
Imperative:
 • Polite: 정리하세요 (jeongrihaseyo) – “organize (please)”
 • Casual: 정리해 (jeongrihae)

Examples of sentences:
• 저는 방을 정리해요.
 Romanized: Jeoneun bang-eul jeongrihaeyo.
 Translation: I organize (tidy up) my room.
• 어제 책상을 정리했어요.
 Romanized: Eojje chaeksang-eul jeongrihaesseoyo.
 Translation: I organized (tidied up) the desk yesterday.
• 내일 서류를 정리할 거예요.
 Romanized: Naeil seoryu-reul jeongridal geoyeyo.
 Translation: I will organize the documents tomorrow.

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