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날리다 info.

Tips to remember:
• Associate 날리다 (nallida) with making something fly. Think of a paper airplane you "launch" into the air; you’re causing it to fly.
• Notice the similarity to 날다 (nalda), which means “to fly” intransitively, while 날리다 is used transitively (i.e. causing something else to fly).

Explanation:
• 날리다 is a transitive verb meaning “to cause to fly” or “to launch” something. It can refer to throwing something into the air, launching objects, or even spending money quickly.
• It differs from 날다 (nalda), which describes the act of flying (like birds or airplanes flying) in an intransitive way.

Other words with similar meanings:
• 던지다 (deonjida) – “to throw”
• 띄우다 (ttiuda) – “to launch” or “to send afloat”
• 날아가다 (nalagada) – “to fly away” (often used in an intransitive sense)

Conjugations of 날리다:
• Infinitive: 날리다 (nallida)
• Present tense:
  – Informal low: 날려
  – Informal polite: 날려요 (nallyeoyo)
  – Formal: 날립니다 (nallimnida)
• Past tense:
  – Informal polite: 날렸어요 (nallyeosseoyo)
  – Formal: 날렸습니다 (nallyeotseumnida)
• Future tense:
  – Informal polite: 날릴 거예요 (nallil geoyeyo)
  – Formal: 날릴 것입니다 (nallil geosimnida)
• Present progressive: 날리고 있어요 (nalligo isseoyo)
• Imperative (command):
  – Informal polite: 날려봐 (nallyeobwa) [if suggesting trying]
  – Formal: 날리세요 (nalliseyo)

Example sentences:
1. I launched the paper airplane.
 • 종이비행기를 날렸어요. (Jongibiheunggireul nallyeosseoyo.)
2. He threw the ball so hard that it flew away.
 • 그는 공을 너무 세게 날렸어요. (Geuneun gong-eul neomu sege nallyeosseoyo.)
3. Please launch the drone carefully.
 • 드론을 조심히 날리세요. (Deuron-eul josimhi nalliseyo.)

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