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KOREAN VERB

망가지다

to get broken

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Conjugation

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Present

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

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

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

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

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

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

Connectives

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

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

How to use 망가지다

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

  1. Present

    싼 우산은 바람에 금방 망가져요.

    Cheap umbrellas get broken quickly in the wind.

  2. Past

    이사하다가 의자가 망가졌어요.

    The chair got broken while moving house.

  3. Future

    그렇게 던지면 장난감이 망가질 거예요.

    If you throw it like that, the toy will get broken.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 안경이 망가지셨어요, 새로 사 드릴게요.

    Grandpa's glasses got broken, I'll buy him new ones.

  5. Connectives

    핸드폰이 망가져서 새로 샀어요.

    My phone broke, so I bought a new one.

Good to know

  • 망가지다 is for things that stop working or lose their shape; 깨지다 is for things that shatter.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.