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눕다

nup-da

People lie down, and so do trees after a storm

The picture What stood upright is stretched out level with the ground, and the force holding it up drains away.

Core verbs

Where the picture shows up in 눕다

  1. laying the body flat along the floor

    여기 잠깐 누우세요.

    yeo-gi jam-kkan nu-u-se-yo

    Please lie down here for a moment.

  2. lying down and letting the force go

    침대에 누워서 쉬고 있어요.

    chim-dae-e nu-wo-seo swi-go i-sseo-yo

    I'm lying on the bed resting.

  3. what stood is knocked flat sideways

    태풍에 나무가 다 누웠어요.

    tae-pung-e na-mu-ga da nu-wo-sseo-yo

    The typhoon laid all the trees flat.

    It is not only people who lie down. Anything that stood upright can 눕다.

  4. too ill to get back up

    아파서 사흘을 누워 있었어요.

    a-pa-seo sa-heu-reul nu-wo i-sseo-sseo-yo

    I was laid up for three days.

  5. doing something from a lying posture

    누워서 폰 보면 눈 나빠져요.

    nu-wo-seo pon bo-myeon nun na-ppa-jyeo-yo

    Looking at your phone lying down ruins your eyes.

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