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KOREAN VERB

꺼지다

to go off, to turn off (by itself)

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI go off
NegativeI don’t go off

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI went off
NegativeI didn’t go off

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will go off
NegativeI won’t go off

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI go off (respectfully)
PastI went off (respectfully)
FutureI will go off (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 꺼지다

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

  1. Present

    이 노트북은 배터리가 없으면 바로 꺼져요.

    This laptop shuts off right away when the battery is empty.

  2. Past

    영화 보는데 갑자기 불이 꺼졌어요.

    The lights suddenly went off while we were watching a film.

  3. Future

    십 분 뒤에 화면이 자동으로 꺼질 거예요.

    The screen will turn off automatically in ten minutes.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지, 텔레비전이 또 꺼지셨어요?

    Grandpa, did your TV go off again?

  5. Connectives

    핸드폰이 꺼져서 연락을 못 했어요.

    My phone died, so I couldn't get in touch.

Good to know

  • 끄다 is to turn something off; 꺼지다 is what it does: 불이 꺼졌어요.
  • 꺼져! on its own is a rude "get lost", so never say it to a person.

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