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KOREAN VERB

거르다

to skip (a meal)

  • Irregular verb

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI skip
NegativeI don’t skip

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI skipped
NegativeI didn’t skip

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI skip (respectfully)
PastI skipped (respectfully)
FutureI will skip (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 거르다

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

  1. Present

    저는 바쁘면 점심을 자주 걸러요.

    When I'm busy I often skip lunch.

  2. Past

    오늘 늦잠 자서 아침을 걸렀어요.

    I overslept today and skipped breakfast.

  3. Future

    저녁 약속이 있어서 점심은 거를 거예요.

    I have dinner plans, so I'll skip lunch.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 식사를 한 끼도 안 거르세요.

    Grandpa never skips a single meal.

  5. Connectives

    아침을 거르면 오전 내내 힘이 없어요.

    If you skip breakfast you have no energy all morning.

  6. Requests and commands

    약 먹어야 하니까 밥 거르지 마세요.

    You have to take your medicine, so don't skip meals.

Good to know

  • 아침을 거르다 is to skip breakfast; 거르다 also strains a liquid, 체에 거르다.

Where you hear 거르다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 바쁘면 아침을 걸러요. When he's busy he skips breakfast.
  • 오늘 아침은 걸렀어요. I skipped breakfast today.
  • 내일도 점심 거를 거야? Are you going to skip lunch tomorrow too?
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The phone-in

Fluency Level 1 · 근데 밥은 먹었어요? 아침 걸렀죠?

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