Closer in Korean 🇰🇷

가까워지다 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Recognize that 가까워지다 is made by combining 가까워 (from 가까운, meaning “close”) with 지다, a verb ending that means “to become.” This can help you remember that it expresses the idea of “becoming closer.”
• Associate it with the English word “closer” by thinking of adding the sense of change or transition to “close.”

Explanations:
• 가까워지다 is an intransitive verb meaning “to become close” or “to grow nearer,” and it can be used in both physical and emotional contexts.
• It shows a process of change – something or someone is moving from being distant or unfamiliar to being closer or more intimate.

Other Words with Similar Meaning:
• 친해지다 (chin-hae-ji-da): means “to become friendly” or “to get closer” (often used for building relationships).
• 가까워지다 emphasizes the aspect of “becoming” nearly identical or intimate, while 친해지다 is more specific to developing friendship.

Conjugations of 가까워지다:

Infinitive:
• 가까워지다 – (gakka-wo-jida)

Present Tense:
• Polite – 가까워져요 (gakka-wo-jeo-yo)
• Informal – 가까워져 (gakka-wo-jeo)

Past Tense:
• Polite – 가까워졌어요 (gakka-wo-jyeo-sseo-yo)
• Informal – 가까워졌어 (gakka-wo-jyeo-sseo)

Future Tense:
• Polite – 가까워질 거예요 (gakka-wo-jil geo-ye-yo)
• Informal – 가까워질 거야 (gakka-wo-jil geo-ya)

Examples of Sentences:
1. 우리 관계가 점점 가까워지고 있어요.
(Uri gwangyega jeomjeom gakka-wo-jigo isseo-yo.)
Meaning: “Our relationship is gradually becoming closer.”

2. 시간이 지나면서 우리 둘이 가까워졌어요.
(Sigani jinamyeonseo uri duri gakka-wo-jyeo-sseo-yo.)
Meaning: “Over time, we two became closer.”

3. 그들은 서로 가까워질 거예요.
(Geudeureun seoro gakka-wo-jil geo-ye-yo.)
Meaning: “They will become closer to each other.”

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