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KOREAN VERB

지내다

to get along, to be (well)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI get along
NegativeI don’t get along

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI got along
NegativeI didn’t get along

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will get along
NegativeI won’t get along

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI get along (respectfully)
PastI got along (respectfully)
FutureI will get along (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 지내다

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

  1. Present

    일라이 씨, 요즘 서울에서 잘 지내요?

    Eli, how are you doing in Seoul these days?

  2. Past

    네, 방학 동안 잘 지냈어요.

    Yes, I've been well during the holidays.

  3. Future

    수아는 새 학교에서도 잘 지낼 거예요.

    Su-a will do fine at the new school too.

  4. Honorific

    할머니께서는 요즘 시골에서 어떻게 지내세요?

    How is Grandma doing in the countryside these days?

  5. Connectives

    민준이는 반 친구들하고 잘 지내고 공부도 열심히 해요.

    Min-jun gets along with his classmates and studies hard too.

  6. Requests and commands

    그럼 건강하게 잘 지내세요. 또 올게요.

    Then take care and stay well. I'll come again.

Good to know

  • 잘 지내요? is "how are you?" and 잘 지내세요 "take care"; with a person, 친구하고 잘 지내요 is to get along with.

Where you hear 지내다

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

Korean · Beginner Level 2

  • 저는 서울에서 잘 지내요. I'm doing well in Seoul.
  • 방학 동안 잘 지냈어요. I was well during the holidays.
  • 전주에서도 잘 지낼 거야. I'll be fine in Jeonju too.

Korean · Advanced Level 1

  • 저는 서울에서 잘 지내요. I'm doing well in Seoul.
  • 방학 동안 잘 지냈어요. I was well during the holidays.
  • 전주에서도 잘 지낼 거야. I'll be fine in Jeonju too.
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Grandma's house

Beginner Level 2 · 할머니, 잘 지내셨어요?

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Eli's parents land

Advanced Level 1 · 여기서 지내시라고 전해요.

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