Run away in Korean 🇰🇷

도망치다 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Associate 도망치다 (domangchida) with “dodging” in a crisis—imagine you must quickly “dodge” trouble.
• Notice the sound “도망” (domang) and think “run” or “flee,” and “치다” (chida) as an action ending that implies “to do.”

Explanation:
• 도망치다 means “to run away” or “to escape.”
• It implies leaving a place or situation quickly in order to avoid danger or capture.
• The term is used for both physical and abstract escapes.

Synonyms:
• 도망가다 (domanggada) – also means “to run away.”
• 피하다 (pihada) – means “to avoid” (often used when escaping a situation).

Conjugations (Infinitive: 도망치다 / domangchida):
• Present informal polite: 도망쳐요 (domangchyeoyo)
• Present formal polite: 도망칩니다 (domangchimnida)
• Past informal polite: 도망쳤어요 (domangchyeosseoyo)
• Past formal polite: 도망쳤습니다 (domangchyeosseumnida)
• Future informal polite: 도망칠 거예요 (domangchil geoyeyo)
• Future formal polite: 도망칠 것입니다 (domangchil geosimnida)
• Present progressive: 도망치고 있어요 (domangchigo isseoyo) – “is running away”

Example Sentences:
1. When I heard the alarm, I ran away.
• 경보 소리를 듣고, 나는 도망쳤어요.
• (Gyeongbo sorireul deudgo, naneun domangchyeosseoyo.)

2. The thief runs away when he sees the police.
• 도둑은 경찰을 보면 도망쳐요.
• (Dodugeun gyeongchareul bomyeon domangchyeoyo.)

3. He will run away if he sees danger.
• 그가 위험을 보면 도망칠 거예요.
• (Geuga wiheomeul bomyeon domangchil geoyeyo.)

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