Decrease in Korean 🇰🇷

적어지다 info.

Tips to Remember:
• The root word 적다 means “few” or “scarce.” Think of 적어지다 as “becoming few” or “to decrease.”
• Notice the ending –어지다, which often indicates a change of state (“to become …”).

Explanations:
• 적어지다 is the dictionary (infinitive) form meaning “to decrease” or “to become fewer.”
• It implies a gradual change or reduction in quantity, size, or intensity.

Other Words with Similar Meaning:
• 줄어들다 (jureodeulda) – to diminish, to decrease
• 감소되다 (gamso-doeda) – to be reduced, to decrease

Conjugations:
– Present (Polite): 적어져요 (jeogeojyeoyo) or formal – 적어집니다 (jeogeojimnida)
– Present Progressive: 적어지고 있어요 (jeogeojigo isseoyo)
– Past (Polite): 적어졌어요 (jeogeojyeosseoyo) or formal – 적어졌습니다 (jeogeojyeotseumnida)
– Future (Polite): 적어질 거예요 (jeogeojil geoyeyo) or formal – 적어질 것입니다 (jeogeojil geosimnida)

Example Sentences:
1. 학생 수가 해마다 적어지고 있어요.
(Haksaeng su-ga haemada jeogeojigo isseoyo.)
– The number of students is decreasing every year.

2. 기회가 점점 적어질 거예요.
(Gihoega jeomjeom jeogeojil geoyeyo.)
– Opportunities will gradually decrease.

3. 그 마을의 인구는 크게 적어졌어요.
(Geu maeul-ui ingu-neun keuge jeogeojyeosseoyo.)
– The population of that village decreased significantly.

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