등지다

to turn one's back on, to abandon

TOPIK 6 6급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
등지는
아/어Infinitive
등져
-으니Since
등지니
합니다Formal
등집니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 등져요등집니다등져등진다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 등졌어요등졌습니다등졌어등졌다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 등지겠어요등지겠습니다등지겠어등지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 등질 거예요등질 것입니다등질 거야등질 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 등져요?등집니까?등져?등지니?
과거Past 등졌어요?등졌습니까?등졌어?등졌니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 등지세요등지십시오등져등져라
청유Let's 등져요등집시다등져등지자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 등져요안 등집니다안 등져안 등진다
-지 않다Not (long) 등지지 않아요등지지 않습니다등지지 않아등지지 않는다
못Cannot 못 등져요못 등집니다못 등져못 등진다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 등지세요등지십니다등지셔등지신다
과거Past 등지셨어요등지셨습니다등지셨어등지셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
등지는
과거Past
등진
미래Future
등질
회상Used to
등지던

Joining clauses

-고and
등지고
-게-ly / so that
등지게
-어서so / and then
등져서
-으니까since
등지니까
-으면if / when
등지면
-지만but
등지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
등지는데
-어도even if
등져도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 등지고 있어요등지고 있습니다등지고 있어등지고 있다
과거Was doing 등지고 있었어요등지고 있었습니다등지고 있었어등지고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

결코 저를 등지지 않았어요.

He never turned away.

그리곤 뜻대로 안 되자 날 등졌어.

Then he turns his back on me when his plans fail.

이젠 경찰들이 우리를 등지는 거군요?

So now the police department's against us?

세상을 등지고 점점 더 자신 속으로 빠지고 있어요

She's shutting out the whole world, going deep inside herself.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 등지다 in Korean?

등지다 (to turn one's back on, to abandon) is 등져요 in the polite 해요체, 등집니다 in formal 합니다체, 등져 in casual 반말 and 등진다 in the plain written style. The past is 등졌어요.

What is the past tense of 등지다?

등졌어요 in everyday polite speech, 등졌습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 등져 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 등지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 등집니다, 등져, 등지니 all keep 등지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 등지다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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