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KOREAN VERB

당기다

to pull

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Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI pull
NegativeI don’t pull

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI pulled
NegativeI didn’t pull

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will pull
NegativeI won’t pull

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI pull (respectfully)
PastI pulled (respectfully)
FutureI will pull (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) pulling, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) pulling, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I pull
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I pull
  5. But (-지만) I pull, but…

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please pull
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please pull (formal)
  3. Plain command pull! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t pull

How to use 당기다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    이 문은 밀지 않고 당겨요.

    With this door, you pull rather than push.

  2. Past

    회의를 한 시간 앞으로 당겼어요.

    We moved the meeting forward an hour.

  3. Future

    밧줄을 같이 당길 거예요, 하나 둘 셋!

    We'll pull the rope together: one, two, three!

  4. Honorific

    할아버지가 문 손잡이를 힘껏 당기셨어요.

    Grandpa pulled the door handle with all his might.

  5. Connectives

    이 줄을 당기면 불이 켜져요.

    If you pull this cord, the light comes on.

  6. Requests and commands

    민준아, 네 쪽으로 더 당겨.

    Min-jun, pull it more towards you.

Good to know

  • 당기다 is also to be tempted by food (입맛이 당기다) and to move a date forward: 회의를 앞으로 당기다.

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