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KOREAN VERB

고치다

to fix, to repair, to correct

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI fix
NegativeI don’t fix

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI fixed
NegativeI didn’t fix

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI fix (respectfully)
PastI fixed (respectfully)
FutureI will fix (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 고치다

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

  1. Present

    아버지는 고장 난 물건을 직접 고쳐요.

    My father fixes broken things himself.

  2. Past

    어제 드디어 화장실 문을 제가 고쳤어요.

    Yesterday I finally fixed the bathroom door myself.

  3. Future

    주말에 민준 씨가 자전거를 고칠 거예요.

    Min-jun will fix the bicycle on the weekend.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지가 오래된 시계를 직접 고치셨어요.

    Grandpa fixed the old clock himself.

  5. Connectives

    문장을 고치고 나서 다시 읽어 봤어요.

    After correcting the sentence I read it again.

  6. Requests and commands

    이 부분은 틀렸으니까 다시 고치세요.

    This part is wrong, so please correct it.

Good to know

  • 고치다 fixes a thing, a sentence or a habit; 수리하다 is the shop word for repairing.

Where you hear 고치다

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

Korean · Advanced Level 2

  • 바닥은 내가 고쳐. I'll fix the floor.
  • 창문을 제가 고쳤어요. I fixed the window myself.
  • 내일 문을 고칠 거야. Tomorrow I'll fix the door.

Korean · Fluency Level 2

  • 바닥은 내가 고쳐. I'll fix the floor.
  • 창문을 제가 고쳤어요. I fixed the window myself.
  • 내일 문을 고칠 거야. Tomorrow I'll fix the door.
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The deposit and the rent

Advanced Level 2 · 백삼십만이면 바닥은 제가 고칠게요.

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A year's lease

Advanced Level 2 · 바닥 고친 만큼 백삼십이요.

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The Two Brothers and the Gourd

Fluency Level 2 · 착한 동생이 제비 다리를 고쳤대요.

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The ring in the taxi

Fluency Level 2 · 소 잃고 외양간 고친다.

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