How to Say "Get Down" in Korean

엎드려

eopdeuryeo

The English phrase 'get down' is translated into Korean as 엎드려 (eopdeuryeo).

The phrase is used as a command to lower your body quickly to the ground to avoid danger or to hide.

Which one should you use?

내려와 is an informal way to say 'get down' and 내려오세요 is the formal way to say 'please get down'.

For a formal context, use 내려오세요 and for an informal context, use 내려와.

The form 엎드려라 is a strong, authoritative imperative often used in literature, movies or by military personnel to issue a direct command.

eopdeuryeo

While 엎드려 means 'get down' in a tactical sense, the same word is used for the physical act of 'prostrating' oneself before a king or a high-ranking official in historical dramas.
In a classroom setting, a teacher might use 엎드려 as a punishment, ordering a student to put their head down on the desk for a period of time.
In Korean, the concept of 'getting down' via 내려와 implies a change in vertical level, such as coming down from a ladder, whereas 엎드려 implies a change in body orientation.

엎드려!
Get down!
This sentence is useful for practicing the command 엎드려.
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계단을 따라서 내려오세요.
Please come down the stairs.
출구까지 내려오세요.
Please get down to the exit.
어서 내려와.
Come down quickly.
이리로 내려와.
Come down here.
위험하니까 얼른 엎드려!
wiheomhanikka eolleun eopdeuryeo!
It's dangerous, so get down quickly!
숨어야 해, 빨리 엎드려.
sumeoya hae, ppalli eopdeuryeo.
We have to hide, get down fast.

Minjun and Subin are playing a survival game.

민준 Min-jun

수빈, 적이 나타났어! 엎드려!
Subin, jeogi natanasseo! eopdeuryeo!
Subin, the enemy appeared! Get down!
수빈 Su-bin

알았어, 지금 엎드릴게!
arasseo, jigeum eopdeurilge!
Okay, I'm getting down now!
민준 Min-jun

그대로 가만히 있어.
geudaero gamanhi isseo.
Stay still just like that.
수빈 Su-bin

이제 다 지나갔을까?
ije da jinagasseulkka?
Do you think they've all passed by now?

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