굳어지다

to harden, to stiffen

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
굳어지는
아/어Infinitive
굳어져
-으니Since
굳어지니
합니다Formal
굳어집니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 굳어져요굳어집니다굳어져굳어진다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 굳어졌어요굳어졌습니다굳어졌어굳어졌다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 굳어지겠어요굳어지겠습니다굳어지겠어굳어지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 굳어질 거예요굳어질 것입니다굳어질 거야굳어질 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 굳어져요?굳어집니까?굳어져?굳어지니?
과거Past 굳어졌어요?굳어졌습니까?굳어졌어?굳어졌니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 굳어지세요굳어지십시오굳어져굳어져라
청유Let's 굳어져요굳어집시다굳어져굳어지자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 굳어져요안 굳어집니다안 굳어져안 굳어진다
-지 않다Not (long) 굳어지지 않아요굳어지지 않습니다굳어지지 않아굳어지지 않는다
못Cannot 못 굳어져요못 굳어집니다못 굳어져못 굳어진다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 굳어지세요굳어지십니다굳어지셔굳어지신다
과거Past 굳어지셨어요굳어지셨습니다굳어지셨어굳어지셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
굳어지는
과거Past
굳어진
미래Future
굳어질
회상Used to
굳어지던

Joining clauses

-고and
굳어지고
-게-ly / so that
굳어지게
-어서so / and then
굳어져서
-으니까since
굳어지니까
-으면if / when
굳어지면
-지만but
굳어지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
굳어지는데
-어도even if
굳어져도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 굳어지고 있어요굳어지고 있습니다굳어지고 있어굳어지고 있다
과거Was doing 굳어지고 있었어요굳어지고 있었습니다굳어지고 있었어굳어지고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

제가 이상적으로 본 거였고 어디를 봐도 그렇게 굳어졌지요.

That's what I saw as the ideal, and it was reinforced everywhere I looked.

제가 그리는 방식은 완전히 일본풍으로 굳어졌습니다.

My style then had become fully Japanese.

그리고 그렇게 되면, 이 세상도 그렇게 굳어지는 거야.

And when that happens, this world will become permanent.

그건 그들의 굳어진 사고방식입니다. 아무리 비판해도 바뀌기 힘들죠.

And that's the mindset that we're dealing with, and criticism does not change that.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 굳어지다 in Korean?

굳어지다 (to harden, to stiffen) is 굳어져요 in the polite 해요체, 굳어집니다 in formal 합니다체, 굳어져 in casual 반말 and 굳어진다 in the plain written style. The past is 굳어졌어요.

What is the past tense of 굳어지다?

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

Is 굳어지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 굳어집니다, 굳어져, 굳어지니 all keep 굳어지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 굳어지다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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