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KOREAN VERB

끓다

to boil

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI boil
NegativeI don’t boil

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI boiled
NegativeI didn’t boil

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI boil (respectfully)
PastI boiled (respectfully)
FutureI will boil (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 끓다

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

  1. Present

    물이 끓어요, 이제 면을 넣으세요.

    The water's boiling, put the noodles in now.

  2. Past

    찌개가 끓었는데 아직 아무도 안 왔어요.

    The stew has boiled, but nobody's come yet.

  3. Future

    오 분쯤 지나면 물이 끓을 거예요.

    The water will boil in about five minutes.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 그 얘기만 들으면 속이 끓으세요.

    Grandpa seethes whenever he hears that story.

  5. Connectives

    국이 끓으면 불을 약하게 줄이세요.

    When the soup boils, turn the heat down low.

Good to know

  • 끓다 is what water does; 끓이다 is what you do to it: 물이 끓어요, 라면을 끓여요. 속이 끓다 is to seethe.

Where you hear 끓다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 물이 끓어요. The water is boiling.
  • 국이 다 끓었어요. The soup has come to the boil.
  • 오 분이면 끓을 거야. It'll boil in five minutes.
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The bathhouse

Fluency Level 1 · 아버님, 이거 펄펄 끓어요.

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