Korean reference

지다

jida

to lose (a game or fight); to set (sun); to bear (responsibility); to owe (a debt or favor)

Regular · 21 form tables

Includes verbs and adjectives. Rows show speech levels and constructions, rather than personal pronouns. Honorific forms refer to a respected subject.

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Tense

Present

지다: Present
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite leveljyeoyolose
합니다체, formal polite leveljimnidalose
해체, casual leveljyeolose
한다체, plain written leveljindalose

Past

지다: Past
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite leveljyeosseoyolost
합니다체, formal polite leveljyeotseumnidalost
해체, casual leveljyeosseolost
한다체, plain written leveljyeotdalost

Future

지다: Future
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite leveljil geoyeyowill lose
합니다체, formal polite leveljil geomnidawill lose
해체, casual leveljil geoyawill lose
한다체, plain written leveljil geosidawill lose

Intention / conjecture

지다: Intention / conjecture
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite leveljigesseoyowill probably lose
합니다체, formal polite leveljigetseumnidawill probably lose
해체, casual leveljigesseowill probably lose
한다체, plain written leveljigetdawill probably lose

Progressive

지다: Progressive
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite leveljigo isseoyobe losing
합니다체, formal polite leveljigo itseumnidabe losing
해체, casual leveljigo isseobe losing
한다체, plain written leveljigo itdabe losing

Negative

Short negative

지다: Short negative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite levelan jyeoyodo not lose
합니다체, formal polite levelan jimnidado not lose
해체, casual levelan jyeodo not lose
한다체, plain written levelan jindado not lose

Long negative

지다: Long negative
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite leveljiji anayodo not lose
합니다체, formal polite leveljiji anseumnidado not lose
해체, casual leveljiji anado not lose
한다체, plain written leveljiji anneundado not lose

Endings

Honorific

지다: Honorific
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite leveljiseyohe/she loses (honorific)
합니다체, formal polite leveljisimnidahe/she loses (honorific)
해체, casual leveljisyeohe/she loses (honorific)
한다체, plain written leveljisindahe/she loses (honorific)

Wish

지다: Wish
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite leveljigo sipeoyoI want to lose
합니다체, formal polite leveljigo sipseumnidaI want to lose
해체, casual leveljigo sipeoI want to lose
한다체, plain written leveljigo sipdaI want to lose

Question

지다: Question
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite leveljyeoyo?do you lose?
합니다체, formal polite leveljimnikka?do you lose?
해체, casual leveljyeo?do you lose?
한다체, plain written leveljini?do you lose?

Past question

지다: Past question
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite leveljyeosseoyo?did you lose?
합니다체, formal polite leveljyeotseumnikka?did you lose?
해체, casual leveljyeosseo?did you lose?
한다체, plain written leveljyeonni?did you lose?

Shall I?

지다: Shall I?
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
해요체, everyday polite leveljilkkayo?shall I lose?
해체, casual leveljilkka?shall I lose?

Linking

And

지다: And
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formjigoI lose, and

And so / because

지다: And so / because
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formjyeoseobecause I lose

If

지다: If
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formjimyeonif you lose

But

지다: But
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formjijimanI lose, but

Because

지다: Because
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formjinikkabecause I lose

Background

지다: Background
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formjineundeI lose (background)

Modifier

Present noun modifier

지다: Present noun modifier
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formjineunlose (before a noun)

Past noun modifier

지다: Past noun modifier
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formjinlost (before a noun)

Future noun modifier

지다: Future noun modifier
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Connecting / modifying formjilwill lose (before a noun)

Additional forms

Additional honorific forms

지다: Additional honorific forms
Person, form or usageForm and meaning
Saying it happened (았/었)jisyeosseoyohe/she lost (honorific)

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