To shrink in Korean 🇰🇷

줄고 있을 것이에요 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Associate 줄다 (jul-da) with the idea of “getting shorter” like a rope (줄, “jul”, also means “line” or “rope”) that gradually decreases in length.
• Imagine clothes after laundry: they sometimes shrink (줄다) and no longer fit.

Explanation:
• 줄다 means “to shrink” or “to decrease in size.”
• 줄고 있을 것이에요 (jul-go isseul geos-ieyo) is a future progressive form meaning “it will be shrinking” or “it is going to be shrinking.”

Other Similar Words:
• 수축되다 (suchukdoeda) – “to contract”
• 감소되다 (gamso-doeda) – “to decrease”
• 축소되다 (chukso-doeda) – “to reduce in size”

Verb Conjugations for 줄다:
• Dictionary (Infinitive) Form: 줄다 (jul-da) – “to shrink”
• Present Tense: 줄어요 (jul-eoyo) – “shrinks”
• Past Tense: 줄었어요 (jul-eosseoyo) – “shrunk”
• Future Tense: 줄 거예요 (jul geoyeyo) – “will shrink”
• Progressive Tense: 줄고 있어요 (jul-go isseoyo) – “is shrinking”
• Imperative (casual): 줄어 (juleo) – “shrink!”

Example Sentences:
1. 옷이 줄었어요.
(ot-i jul-eosseoyo.)
“The clothes shrank.”

2. 세탁 후에 티셔츠가 줄고 있어요.
(setak hue ti-syeocheuga jul-go isseoyo.)
“After washing, the t-shirt is shrinking.”

3. 시간이 지나면 이 빵이 줄 거예요.
(si-gan-i ji-na-myeon i ppang-i jul geoyeyo.)
“This bread will shrink over time.”

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