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KOREAN VERB

걸리다

to take (time), to catch (a cold)

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI take
NegativeI don’t take

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI took
NegativeI didn’t take

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI take (respectfully)
PastI took (respectfully)
FutureI will take (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 걸리다

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

  1. Present

    집에서 회사까지 사십 분 걸려요.

    It takes forty minutes from home to work.

  2. Past

    부산까지 기차로 세 시간 걸렸어요.

    It took three hours to Busan by train.

  3. Future

    걸어서 가면 이십 분쯤 걸릴 거예요.

    If you walk, it'll take about twenty minutes.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 감기에 걸리셨어요.

    Grandma caught a cold.

  5. Connectives

    시간이 좀 걸리지만 걸어서 가요.

    It takes a while, but I walk.

Good to know

  • Time taken is the subject: 한 시간 걸려요; 감기에 걸리다 is to catch a cold.

Where you hear 걸리다

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Korean · Beginner Level 1

  • 학교까지 이십 분 걸려요. It takes twenty minutes to the school.
  • 어제는 한 시간 걸렸어요. Yesterday it took an hour.
  • 내일은 삼십 분 걸릴 거예요. Tomorrow it'll take thirty minutes.

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 학교까지 이십 분 걸려요. It takes twenty minutes to the school.
  • 어제는 한 시간 걸렸어요. Yesterday it took an hour.
  • 내일은 삼십 분 걸릴 거예요. Tomorrow it'll take thirty minutes.
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The bus with Min-jun

Beginner Level 1 · 얼마나 걸려요? · 십오 분 걸려요. · 이십 분 걸려요. 열 정류장이요.

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Train tickets

Beginner Level 2 · 네. 얼마나 걸려요?

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Tickets

Beginner Level 3 · 네. 창원까지 얼마나 걸려요? · 세 시간쯤 걸립니다. · 버스로 이십 분 걸립니다.

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The train to Busan

Beginner Level 3 · 세 시간 걸리지요?

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The highway south

Intermediate Level 1 · 아버님, 보통 얼마나 걸려요?

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Grandma's house

Intermediate Level 1 · 어렸을 때는 하루 걸렸어.

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The marriage registration

Advanced Level 1 · 며칠 정도 걸려요?

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The marriage visa

Advanced Level 1 · 결정은 얼마나 걸려요?

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The medical

Fluency Level 3 · 여기요. 얼마나 걸려요?

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