내리다
nae-ri-da
You get down from a bus, and a decision comes down too
The picture What was up above moves down. The height drops, and what is above passes to what is below. 내리다 brings what is high down low; 오르다 takes what is low up high.
Where the picture shows up in 내리다
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the body comes down
다음 정류장에서 내리세요.
da-eum jeong-nyu-jang-e-seo nae-ri-se-yo
Get off at the next stop.
Stepping down the bus stairs one at a time until a foot lands on the pavement
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it falls from the sky
아침부터 비가 내려요.
a-chim-bu-teo bi-ga nae-ryeo-yo
Rain has been coming down since morning.
Rain falling from the cloud in straight lines all the way down to the ground
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a price comes down
값을 좀 내려 주시면 안 될까요?
gap-seul jom nae-ryeo ju-si-myeon an doel-kka-yo
Could you bring the price down a little?
The number on the price tag settling one notch lower on the scale
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word comes down from above
위에서 결정이 내려왔어요.
wi-e-seo gyeol-jeong-i nae-ryeo-wa-sseo-yo
The decision came down from above.
A sheet of paper coming down from the floor above and landing on a desk below
Authority sits above, so decisions and orders drop from there onto you.
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an object is brought down
선반에서 상자 좀 내려 주세요.
seon-ba-ne-seo sang-ja jom nae-ryeo ju-se-yo
Please take the box down from the shelf.
Two hands taking the box off the shelf and setting it down at chest height
All of it in one picture
내리다 is one arrow pointing from above to below. The body comes down and you get off the bus; water comes down from the sky and it is raining; the number comes down and the price is cut; a word comes down from the floor above and it is a decision handed to you; the box comes down and it is where your hands can reach. So wherever 내리다 goes, something up high has been brought down to where you are.