걷히다

to clear up, to lift

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
걷히는
아/어Infinitive
걷혀
-으니Since
걷히니
합니다Formal
걷힙니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 걷혀요걷힙니다걷혀걷힌다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 걷혔어요걷혔습니다걷혔어걷혔다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 걷히겠어요걷히겠습니다걷히겠어걷히겠다
-을 것이다Going to 걷힐 거예요걷힐 것입니다걷힐 거야걷힐 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 걷혀요?걷힙니까?걷혀?걷히니?
과거Past 걷혔어요?걷혔습니까?걷혔어?걷혔니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 걷히세요걷히십시오걷혀걷혀라
청유Let's 걷혀요걷힙시다걷혀걷히자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 걷혀요안 걷힙니다안 걷혀안 걷힌다
-지 않다Not (long) 걷히지 않아요걷히지 않습니다걷히지 않아걷히지 않는다
못Cannot 못 걷혀요못 걷힙니다못 걷혀못 걷힌다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 걷히세요걷히십니다걷히셔걷히신다
과거Past 걷히셨어요걷히셨습니다걷히셨어걷히셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
걷히는
과거Past
걷힌
미래Future
걷힐
회상Used to
걷히던

Joining clauses

-고and
걷히고
-게-ly / so that
걷히게
-어서so / and then
걷혀서
-으니까since
걷히니까
-으면if / when
걷히면
-지만but
걷히지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
걷히는데
-어도even if
걷혀도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 걷히고 있어요걷히고 있습니다걷히고 있어걷히고 있다
과거Was doing 걷히고 있었어요걷히고 있었습니다걷히고 있었어걷히고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

하지만 어둠이 걷히자 우리는 손을 뻗어

But in the lifting of the darkness, we were reaching out.

안개가 걷힐 때까지 기다려야 돼요.

We should wait till the fog clears.

먼지 성운이 걷혀진 은하면이죠.

You can see that the galactic plane is no longer dark with dust.

그런데 이렇게 간단한 게임 인데도, 단지 게임을 시작한지 하루 이틀만에. 우울증과 초조의 구름이 걷혔어요.

But even with a game so simple, within just a couple days of starting to play, that fog of depression and anxiety went away.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 걷히다 in Korean?

걷히다 (to clear up, to lift) is 걷혀요 in the polite 해요체, 걷힙니다 in formal 합니다체, 걷혀 in casual 반말 and 걷힌다 in the plain written style. The past is 걷혔어요.

What is the past tense of 걷히다?

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

Is 걷히다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 걷힙니다, 걷혀, 걷히니 all keep 걷히 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 걷히다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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