눕다

nupda · [눕따]

lie down · lay oneself down · lie · be confined to bed

verbBeginner

Meanings

  1. lie down; lay oneself down; lieFor a person or animal to lie with the back or flank horizontally to touch a certain place.
  2. be confined to bed; be ill in bedTo not be able to get up because one is sick.

Examples from Lessons (3)

Minji is lying on the sofa watching a drama.

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주말 아침이면 나는 늘 침대에 누워 스마트폰으로 웹툰을 켜곤 한다.

On weekend mornings, I always find myself lying in bed, turning on webtoons on my smartphone.

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Anyway, perhaps because work has been so exhausting lately, there is no way I would fall asleep the moment I lie down.

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Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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