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KOREAN VERB

사라지다

to vanish, to disappear

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Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI vanish
NegativeI don’t vanish

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI vanished
NegativeI didn’t vanish

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI vanish (respectfully)
PastI vanished (respectfully)
FutureI will vanish (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

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

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

How to use 사라지다

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

  1. Present

    이 약을 먹으면 두통이 금방 사라져요.

    If you take this medicine, the headache disappears quickly.

  2. Past

    골목 끝에 있던 작은 서점이 사라졌어요.

    The little bookshop at the end of the alley has disappeared.

  3. Future

    자고 나면 걱정이 반은 사라질 거예요.

    After a sleep, half your worries will have vanished.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지가 잠깐 사이에 어디로 사라지셨어요?

    Where did Grandpa disappear to in that short moment?

  5. Connectives

    지갑이 사라져서 하루 종일 찾았어요.

    My wallet vanished, so I looked for it all day.

  6. Requests and commands

    됐으니까 내 눈앞에서 당장 사라져!

    That's enough, get out of my sight right now!

Good to know

  • 사라지다 is to go out of sight or stop being there: a person, a pain, a shop. 없어지다 is close, for a thing you can't find any more.

Where you hear 사라지다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 2

  • 하은이 양말이 자꾸 사라져요. Ha-eun's socks keep disappearing.
  • 산신령이 물속으로 사라졌어요. The spirit vanished into the water.
  • 눈은 내일이면 사라질 거예요. By tomorrow the snow will be gone.

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