Ruin in Korean 🇰🇷

망치고 있어요 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Think of “망치고 있어요” (mangchigo isseoyo) as “someone is in the process of ruining something.” You might imagine a careless person “mang-ching” everything up, helping you recall that this form describes an ongoing action.
• Break the word into parts: “망치-” from the base verb 망치다 (to ruin) and “-고 있어요” which indicates a present progressive action (“is …ing”).

Explanations:
• “망치다” means “to ruin” or “to spoil.” “망치고 있어요” is its polite present progressive form, meaning “is ruining.”
• The structure “verb stem + 고 있어요” is used to describe actions that are currently in progress.

Other Words with Similar Meaning:
• 망가뜨리다 (manggatteurida) – “to break” or “to ruin”
• 엉망으로 만들다 (eongmangeuro mandeulda) – “to make a mess of” or “to ruin”

Conjugations of the Verb 망치다:
• Infinitive: 망치다 (mangchida) – “to ruin”
• Present Progressive (Polite): 망치고 있어요 (mangchigo isseoyo) – “is ruining”
• Simple Past (Polite): 망쳤어요 (mangchyeosseoyo) – “ruined”
• Future (Polite): 망칠 거예요 (mangchil geoyeyo) – “will ruin”
• Imperative (Polite): 망치지 마세요 (mangchiji maseyo) – “don’t ruin”

Example Sentences:
1. Present Progressive:
• Korean: 그가 내 계획을 망치고 있어요.
• Romanized: Geuga nae gyehoeg-eul mangchigo isseoyo.
• English: He is ruining my plan.
2. Simple Past:
• Korean: 그녀는 파티 분위기를 망쳤어요.
• Romanized: Geunyeoneun pati bunwigi-reul mangchyeosseoyo.
• English: She ruined the party atmosphere.
3. Future:
• Korean: 만약 조심하지 않으면, 네가 모든 것을 망칠 거예요.
• Romanized: Manyak josimhaji aneumyeon, nega modeun geos-eul mangchil geoyeyo.
• English: If you aren’t careful, you will ruin everything.
4. Imperative:
• Korean: 중요한 순간에 절대로 망치지 마세요.
• Romanized: Jungyohan sungan-e jeoldae mangchiji maseyo.
• English: Don’t ruin it at an important moment.

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