To be slow in Korean 🇰🇷

느리다 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Associate “느리다” (neuri-da) with the sound “new-ree” and think of someone saying, “No hurry, I’m feeling neuri today.”
• Imagine a slow-moving turtle and repeat “느리다” to link the slow image with the sound.

Explanations:
• “느리다” is an adjective meaning “to be slow.”
• It describes a state or pace that is not fast.
• Similar expressions include “느릿느릿하다” (neurit-neurit-hada), which also means “to be slow or unhurried” and “천천하다” (cheoncheon-hada), meaning “slow or leisurely.”

Conjugations:
• Dictionary Form (Infinitive): 느리다 (neuri-da)

Present Tense:
• Informal Polite: 느려요 (neuryo-yo)
• Casual: 느려 (neuryo)

Past Tense:
• Informal Polite: 느렸어요 (neuryeosseoyo)
• Casual: 느렸어 (neuryeosseo)

Future Tense:
• Informal Polite: 느릴 거예요 (neuril geoyeyo)
• Casual: 느릴 거야 (neuril geoya)

Adverbial Form:
• 느리게 (neurige) – “slowly”

Example Sentences:
1. This car is slow.
– 이 자동차는 느려요. (I jadongchan-neun neuryo-yo.)
2. The internet is slow today.
– 오늘 인터넷이 느려요. (Oneul inteonesi neuryo-yo.)
3. Her walking pace was slow.
– 그녀는 걸음이 느렸어요. (Geunyeoneun georeumi neuryeosseoyo.)
4. The computer will probably be slow tomorrow.
– 내일 컴퓨터가 느릴 거예요. (Naeil keompyuteoga neuril geoyeyo.)

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