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KOREAN VERB

그치다

to stop (of rain, crying, a sound)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI stop
NegativeI don’t stop

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI stopped
NegativeI didn’t stop

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI stop (respectfully)
PastI stopped (respectfully)
FutureI will stop (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 그치다

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

  1. Present

    여름 소나기는 보통 삼십 분이면 그쳐요.

    A summer shower usually stops within thirty minutes.

  2. Past

    아기가 엄마를 보더니 울음을 그쳤어요.

    The baby saw her mum and stopped crying.

  3. Future

    비는 아마 저녁쯤 그칠 거예요.

    The rain will probably stop around evening.

  4. Honorific

    할머니, 이제 기침이 좀 그치셨어요?

    Grandma, has your cough stopped a bit now?

  5. Connectives

    비가 그치면 같이 산책 나가요.

    When the rain stops, let's go out for a walk together.

Good to know

  • 그치다 is for rain, snow, crying or a sound that stops by itself; 그만하다 is for stopping what you are doing.

Where you hear 그치다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 2

  • 하은이는 아빠 목소리에 울음을 그쳐요. Ha-eun stops crying at her dad's voice.
  • 곶감이라는 말에 아기가 울음을 그쳤어요. At the word persimmon the baby stopped crying.
  • 비는 저녁에 그칠 거예요. The rain will stop in the evening.
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Reading night

Fluency Level 2 · 곶감! 바로 그때 아기가 뚝 그쳤대요.

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Speak of the tiger

Fluency Level 2 · 엄마가 곶감 하면, 글쎄, 아기가 뚝 그쳐요. · 책이 틀렸어. 아기는 피곤해서 그친 거야.

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