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KOREAN VERB

지나가다

to pass through, to go by

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI pass through
NegativeI don’t pass through

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI passed through
NegativeI didn’t pass through

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will pass through
NegativeI won’t pass through

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI pass through (respectfully)
PastI passed through (respectfully)
FutureI will pass through (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 지나가다

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

  1. Present

    이 버스는 시청 앞을 지나가요.

    This bus passes in front of City Hall.

  2. Past

    방금 민준이가 창밖으로 빠르게 지나갔어요.

    Min-jun just walked quickly past the window.

  3. Future

    태풍은 내일 새벽에 지나갈 거예요.

    The typhoon will pass through early tomorrow morning.

  4. Honorific

    할머니가 지나가시면서 떡을 한 접시 주셨어요.

    Grandma gave us a plate of rice cakes as she passed by.

  5. Connectives

    한 달이 지나가니까 서울이 집 같아요.

    Now a month has gone by, Seoul feels like home.

  6. Requests and commands

    여기는 공사 중이니까 옆길로 지나가세요.

    This is under construction, so go through by the side road.

Good to know

  • A bus, a person, a storm or a week 지나가다; 지나가는 길에 is "on my way past".

Where you hear 지나가다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 빨간 빛만 지나가요. Only the red light passes through.
  • 버스가 방금 지나갔어. The bus just went by.
  • 겨울은 금방 지나갈 거예요. Winter will pass quickly.
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Why the sky is blue

Fluency Level 1 · 한마디로, 네. 저녁에는 큰 사람만 지나갑니다.

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