To boil in Korean 🇰🇷

끓이다 info.

Tips to remember:
• Think of 끓이다 (kkeulida) as “kettle” boiling—both start with a “kkeul” sound—to remind you that it means “to boil.”
• Recognize that 끓이다 is a transitive verb, so it always takes an object (something is being boiled).

Explanation:
• 끓이다 means “to boil” (to heat a liquid until bubbles form).
• It is used when you are actively boiling something (e.g., water for tea).
• The intransitive form is 끓다 (kkeulta), which means “to boil” by itself (as in “the water boils”).

Other words with similar meaning:
• 삶다 (samda) can also mean “to boil” or “to cook by boiling” when referring to food, though it often implies cooking ingredients until tender.

Conjugations of 끓이다:
• Infinitive: 끓이다 (kkeulida)
• Present Tense:
 – Informal low: 끓여 (kkeulyeo)
 – Polite: 끓여요 (kkeulyeoyo)
 – Formal: 끓입니다 (kkeurimnida)
• Past Tense:
 – Informal low: 끓였어 (kkeulyeosseo)
 – Polite: 끓였어요 (kkeulyeosseoyo)
 – Formal: 끓였습니다 (kkeuryeosseumnida)
• Future Tense:
 – Informal low: 끓일 거야 (kkeulil geoya)
 – Polite: 끓일 거예요 (kkeulil geoyeyo)
 – Formal: 끓일 것입니다 (kkeulil geosimnida)
• Progressive Form:
 – 끓이고 있어요 (kkeuligo isseoyo) – “is boiling”

Example sentences:
1. I will boil water for tea.
 • Korean: 차를 만들기 위해 물을 끓일 거예요.
 • Romanized: Chareul mandeulgi wihae mureul kkeulil geoyeyo.
2. The water is boiling on the stove.
 • Korean: 가스레인지 위에서 물이 끓고 있어요.
 • Romanized: Gaseureinji uieseo muli kkeurigo isseoyo.
3. He boiled the noodles until they were soft.
 • Korean: 그는 면을 부드러워질 때까지 끓였어요.
 • Romanized: Geuneun myeoneul budeureowojil ttaekkaji kkeulyeosseoyo.

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