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KOREAN VERB

켜지다

to turn on (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 turn on
NegativeI don’t turn on

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI turned on
NegativeI didn’t turn on

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will turn on
NegativeI won’t turn on

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI turn on (respectfully)
PastI turned on (respectfully)
FutureI will turn on (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 켜지다

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

  1. Present

    이 불은 사람이 지나가면 자동으로 켜져요.

    This light turns on automatically when someone passes.

  2. Past

    텔레비전이 갑자기 혼자 켜졌어요.

    The TV suddenly turned on by itself.

  3. Future

    버튼을 누르면 화면이 켜질 거예요.

    If you press the button, the screen will turn on.

  4. Honorific

    할머니, 핸드폰 화면이 켜지셨어요?

    Grandma, has your phone screen come on?

  5. Connectives

    불이 켜지면 들어가도 돼요.

    When the light comes on, you can go in.

Good to know

  • 켜다 is to turn something on; 켜지다 is what the light or screen does: 불이 켜져요.

Where you hear 켜지다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 3

  • 불이 저절로 켜져요. The light comes on by itself.
  • 화면이 드디어 켜졌어요. The screen finally came on.
  • 내일 아침에는 켜질 거예요. Tomorrow morning it'll come on.
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The projector

Fluency Level 3 · 켜졌어요! 체육관이 달라졌어요.

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