Freeze in Korean 🇰🇷

얼었다 info.

Tips to Remember the Word:
• Notice that “얼” in 얼었다 sounds like “얼음” (eoreum), which means “ice,” helping you connect the idea of freezing.
• Associate the “었” ending with a past action—linking it to “frozen” in English.

Explanation:
• The base verb is 얼다 (eolda), meaning “to freeze.”
• 얼었다 (eoreotda) is the simple past form used to indicate that something froze.
• Romanized, 얼었다 is pronounced “eoreotda.”

Other Words with Similar Meanings:
• 얼어붙다 (eoreobutda) – “to freeze solid” or “to become rigidly frozen.”
• 동결되다 (donggyeol-doeda) – “to freeze” (often in a more formal or scientific context).

Conjugations of the Verb 얼다:
• Infinitive: 얼다 (eolda) – “to freeze”
• Present Tense:
 – Informal: 얼어 (eoreo)
 – Polite: 얼어요 (eoreoyo)
• Past Tense:
 – Informal: 얼었다 (eoreotda)
 – Polite: 얼었어요 (eoreosseoyo)
• Future Tense:
 – Informal: 얼겠어 (eolgeosseo)
 – Polite: 얼겠어요 (eolgeosseoyo)
 – Alternatively using the construction “will freeze”: 얼 것이다 (eol geosida)

Example Sentences:
• “Water freezes in winter.”
 – Korean (polite present): 물은 겨울에 얼어요.
 – Romanized: Mureun gyeoure eoreoyo.
• “The pond froze solid.”
 – Korean (informal past): 연못이 완전히 얼었다.
 – Romanized: Yeonmoti wanjeonhi eoreotda.
• “I think the lake will freeze tonight.”
 – Korean (polite future): 오늘 밤 호수가 얼겠어요.
 – Romanized: Oneul bam hosuga eolgeosseoyo.

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