Present
현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI quit | |||
| NegativeI don’t quit |
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI quit | |||
| NegativeI didn’t quit |
Future
미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI will quit | |||
| NegativeI won’t quit |
Honorific
높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms
| Form | Polite | Formal |
|---|---|---|
| PresentI quit (respectfully) | ||
| PastI quit (respectfully) | ||
| FutureI will quit (respectfully) |
Connectives
연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences
- And (-고) quiting, and…, and…
- So, and then (-아/어서) quiting, and…, so…
- If, when (-(으)면) if I quit
- Because (-(으)니까) because I quit
- But (-지만) I quit, but…
Requests and commands
명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요
- Please (-(으)세요) please quit
- Formal request (-(으)십시오) please quit (formal)
- Plain command quit! (casual)
- Please don’t please don’t quit
How to use 그만두다
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
요즘 젊은 사람들은 회사를 빨리 그만둬요.
These days young people quit companies fast.
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Past
저는 지난달에 편의점 아르바이트를 그만뒀어요.
Last month I quit my part-time job at the convenience store.
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Future
내년 봄에 지금 회사를 그만둘 거예요.
Next spring I'll quit my current company.
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Honorific
아버지는 육십 세에 일을 그만두셨어요.
My father quit working at sixty.
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Connectives
일을 그만두고 세계 여행을 떠났어요.
I quit my job and went off traveling the world.
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Requests and commands
조금 힘들다고 바로 그만두지 마세요.
Don't quit right away just because it's a little hard.
Good to know
- 회사를 그만두다 is to quit a job; 그만하다 is to stop doing something right now: 그만해!
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.