꺼지다 Korean verb conjugation

to go out

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 꺼지다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
꺼지는
아/어Infinitive
꺼져
-으니Since
꺼지니
합니다Formal
꺼집니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꺼져요꺼집니다꺼져꺼진다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 꺼졌어요꺼졌습니다꺼졌어꺼졌다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 꺼지겠어요꺼지겠습니다꺼지겠어꺼지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 꺼질 거예요꺼질 것입니다꺼질 거야꺼질 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꺼져요?꺼집니까?꺼져?꺼지니?
과거Past 꺼졌어요?꺼졌습니까?꺼졌어?꺼졌니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 꺼지세요꺼지십시오꺼져꺼져라
청유Let's 꺼져요꺼집시다꺼져꺼지자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 꺼져요안 꺼집니다안 꺼져안 꺼진다
-지 않다Not (long) 꺼지지 않아요꺼지지 않습니다꺼지지 않아꺼지지 않는다
Cannot 못 꺼져요못 꺼집니다못 꺼져못 꺼진다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 꺼지세요꺼지십니다꺼지셔꺼지신다
과거Past 꺼지셨어요꺼지셨습니다꺼지셨어꺼지셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
꺼지는
과거Past
꺼진
미래Future
꺼질
회상Used to
꺼지던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
꺼지고
-게-ly / so that
꺼지게
-어서so / and then
꺼져서
-으니까since
꺼지니까
-으면if / when
꺼지면
-지만but
꺼지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
꺼지는데
-어도even if
꺼져도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 꺼지고 있어요꺼지고 있습니다꺼지고 있어꺼지고 있다
과거Was doing 꺼지고 있었어요꺼지고 있었습니다꺼지고 있었어꺼지고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

예멘: 시위 8일 째, 또 한 명의 목숨이 꺼지다

Yemen: Another Life Claimed on Eighth Day of Protests · Global Voices

희망의 빛이 꺼지게 해서는 안 됩니다.

We should not let that light of hope they have brought to be switched off.

그리고 빛이 꺼진 후에는 무슨 일이 일어날까?

And what happens after the lights go out?

자, 빛이 꺼지면 무슨 일이 벌어질지 봐야 합니다.

Now we get to see what happens when the lights go out.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 꺼지다 in Korean?

꺼지다 (to go out) is 꺼져요 in the polite 해요체, 꺼집니다 in formal 합니다체, 꺼져 in casual 반말 and 꺼진다 in the plain written style. The past is 꺼졌어요.

What is the past tense of 꺼지다?

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

Is 꺼지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 꺼집니다, 꺼져, 꺼지니 all keep 꺼지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 꺼지다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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