To kill in Korean 🇰🇷

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to kill	죽이다

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

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Tips to Remember:
• Associate "죽이다" (jug-ida) with "죽다" (jug-da), which means "to die"—remember that while "죽다" indicates dying, adding "이" makes it "to kill" someone else.
• Notice the sound “jug” in both words; think of “juggling” responsibility in life and death as a mnemonic.

Explanations:
• "죽이다" is a transitive verb meaning "to kill."
• It is used when one actively causes another to die.
• The structure follows regular conjugation patterns in Korean.

Other Words with Similar Meanings:
• 살해하다 (salhaehada) – to murder, often used in formal contexts.
• 암살하다 (amsalhada) – to assassinate, typically used for politically or famously motivated killings.

Conjugations (Infinitive: 죽이다, pronounced “jug-ida”):
• Present Tense:
– Informal Low: 죽여 (jug-yeo)
– Informal High/Polite: 죽여요 (jug-yeoyo)
– Formal/Polite: 죽입니다 (jug-imnida)
• Past Tense:
– Informal Low: 죽였어 (jugyeosseo)
– Informal High/Polite: 죽였어요 (jugyeosseoyo)
– Formal/Polite: 죽였습니다 (jugyeotseumnida)
• Future Tense:
– Informal Low: 죽일 거야 (jugil geoya)
– Informal High/Polite: 죽일 거예요 (jugil geoyeyo)
– Formal/Polite: 죽일 것입니다 (jugil geosimnida)
• Present Progressive:
– Informal: 죽이고 있어 (jugigo isseo)
– Formal/Polite: 죽이고 있어요 (jugigo isseoyo)

Example Sentences:
1. I killed a spider.
• Korean: 나는 거미를 죽였어.
• Romanized: Naneun geomireul jugyeosseo.
2. The assassin kills his target.
• Korean: 암살자는 그의 목표를 죽인다.
• Romanized: Amsaljaneun geuui mokpyoreul juginda.
3. He will kill his enemy.
• Korean: 그는 그의 적을 죽일 거야.
• Romanized: Geuneun geuui jeogeul jugil geoya.
4. The detective is saying that the criminal killed an innocent man.
• Korean: 형사는 그 범인이 무고한 사람을 죽였다고 말하고 있어.
• Romanized: Hyeongsaneun geu beomini mugohan sarameul jugyeotdago malhago isseo.

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