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KOREAN VERB

그만하다

to stop, to cut it out

  • #499 most used
  • 하다 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…

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 그만하다

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

  1. Present

    저는 열 시가 되면 공부를 그만해요.

    I stop studying at ten o'clock.

  2. Past

    허리 때문에 축구는 작년에 그만했어요.

    Because of my back I stopped playing football last year.

  3. Future

    이번 달까지만 하고 그만할 거예요.

    I'll do it till the end of this month and then stop.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 작년에 운전을 완전히 그만하셨어요.

    Grandpa stopped driving completely last year.

  5. Connectives

    이제 그만하고 저녁 먹으러 가요.

    Let's stop now and go eat dinner.

  6. Requests and commands

    둘 다 그만해, 동생이 울잖아.

    Both of you cut it out, your little brother's crying.

Good to know

  • 그만하세요 stops an action; 그만 goes in front of any verb, 그만 먹어요. 그만해! is "cut it out!".

Where you hear 그만하다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 연습은 여기서 그만해. We stop practising here.
  • 열 시에 그만했어요. We stopped at ten.
  • 한 곡만 더 하고 그만할 거야. One more song and we'll stop.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: 하다 verb.