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To hang in Korean 🇰🇷


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to hang 걸리다
How to say “to hang” in Korean? “걸리다”. Here you will learn how to pronounce “걸리다” correctly and in the comments below you will be able to get all sorts of advice on to hang in Korean like tips & tricks to remember it, questions, explanations and more.

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Tips for Remembering "걸리다":
• Think of "걸리다" as “to hang” like clothes hanging on a line. Imagine something hanging loosely and “걸리다” sounds like “guh-lee-da,” which you can associate with an object gently dangling.
• Notice the similarity to "매달리다" (maedaellida), another word meaning “to hang,” but remember that "걸리다" is used in various contexts (not just literal hanging).

Explanations:
• "걸리다" primarily means “to hang” (as in to be suspended or placed in a hanging position) but it can also mean “to get caught” or “take time” when used in other contexts.
• In the context of objects (like clothes or pictures), it indicates that something is hanging or is affixed by hanging.

Other Words with Similar Meaning:
• 매달리다 (maedaellida) – emphasizes the act of hanging or suspending.
• 늘어지다 (neureojida) – can also imply being hung or drooping, though with a nuance of sagging.

Conjugations (using the stem “걸리-”, romanized “geolli-”):

Infinitive:
• 걸리다 (geollida) – to hang

Present Tense:
• Informal low: 걸려 (geollyeo) – hangs
• Polite informal: 걸려요 (geollyeoyo) – hangs

Past Tense:
• Informal low: 걸렸어 (geollyeosseo) – hung
• Polite informal: 걸렸어요 (geollyeosseoyo) – hung

Future Tense:
• Informal low: 걸릴 거야 (geollil geoya) – will hang
• Polite informal: 걸릴 거예요 (geollil geoyeyo) – will hang

Additional Conjugations:
• Present progressive: 걸리고 있어 (geolligo isseo) – is hanging
• Honorific (present): 걸리세요 (geolliseyo) – hangs (respectful)

Example Sentences:
1. The picture hangs on the wall.
• 그림이 벽에 걸려요. (Geurimi byeoge geollyeoyo.)

2. My coat is hanging in the closet.
• 내 코트가 옷장에 걸렸어요. (Nae koteuga otjange geollyeosseoyo.)

3. The clothes will hang neatly on the line.
• 빨래가 빨랫줄에 깔끔하게 걸릴 거예요. (Ppallaega ppalraetjure kkalkeumhage geollil geoyeyo.)

4. That clock is hanging crookedly.
• 저 시계가 삐뚤게 걸려 있어요. (Jeo sigyaega ppittulge geollyeo isseo.)

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