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Meaning of verb '지다' | Learn Korean lexicon

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by Teacher Joy 2023. 3. 11. 15:49

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지다 ; to fall; to be removed; to fade; to die

  • 꽃이 졌어요. 
    The flower has withered.

  • {해가, 달이, 별이} 집니다.
    {The sun, The moon, The star} is setting.

  • 벚꽃이 지는 계절이 오고 있습니다.
    The season when cherry blossoms fall is coming.

  • 얼룩이 잘 안 져요. = 얼룩이 잘 안 지워져요.
    It's hard to remove the stain. / The stain is not coming off easily.
    * 지우다 is used more often nowadays because '지다' as 'to be removed' does not sound strong enough.

  • 숨이 졌어요.
    It's dead.

 

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In addition to 'to fall', the verb '지다' has taken on the meaning of 'to form'.

 

지다 ; to form

  • 나무 아래에 그늘이 졌어요.
    The shade has been cast under the tree.
    * "그늘이 졌어요" means that the shade has been created or formed, rather than something falling down. "그늘이 졌어요" implies that the shade has been cast or created as a result of the position of the sun and tree's location.

  • 주름 진 얼굴
    wrinkled face

 

Derivatives with '지다' 

한국어 (Korean) 영어 번역 (English translations)
값지다 valuable, expensive
기름지다 greasy, oliy
멋지다 nice, cool, stylish
살찌다
*it was 살지다 in the middle Korean
to gain weight
각지다, 모서리(가) 지다 to angulate 
네모지다 quadrilateral
덩어리(가) 지다 to lump up
층(이) 지다 to layer
경사지다 slant, tilt
밑지다 to lose
후지다 poor, bad, inferior
흉지다 to get scar
주름지다 to get wrinkle
사라지다 to disappear
떨어지다
*지다 as 'to fall' is losing it's original position
to fall
앙칼지다 aggressive, furious, keen
찰지다 sticky
다부지다 sturdy, stocky, strong-minded
자빠지다 to fall down on one's back
넘어지다 to fall down
늘어지다 to hang down
두드러지다 be embossed; prominent
우거지다 to be densed
터지다 to burst open
부러지다 to be broken
쓰러지다 to fall, to collapse, to break down
토라지다 to turn away
헤어지다 to break up with someon, to say good-bye
어우러지다 to be in harmony, to mix well
찌그러지다 to be chrushed

 

<참고>
우인혜(1992), 용언 "지다"의 의미와 기본 기능: "어/아 지다"의 구문을 중심으로.
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