To cross in Korean 🇰🇷

건너다 info.

Tips to remember the word:
• Imagine “건너다” as “going over” something – the sound “건너” might remind you of “going over” a gap.
• Associate it with crossing a busy street or a river, visualizing the moment of crossing.

Explanations:
• “건너다” is a verb that means “to cross” (e.g., a street, river, or any barrier).
• It can be used for physical crossing as well as metaphorically crossing over differences.

Other words with similar meanings:
• 넘다 – often used for “to cross” or “to go over” in the sense of exceeding or surpassing.
• 지나다 – can mean “to pass by” or “to go past,” sometimes overlapping in meaning when referring to moving from one side to another.

Conjugations (based on the infinitive form "건너다"):
• Present (polite): 건너요 (geonneoyo)
• Past (polite): 건넜어요 (geonneosseoyo)
• Future (polite): 건널 거예요 (geonneol geoyeyo)
• Present (informal): 건너 (geonneo)
• Past (informal): 건넜어 (geonneosseo)
• Future (informal): 건널 거야 (geonneol geoya)
• Imperative (polite): 건너세요 (geonneoseyo)

Example sentences:
1. I will cross the river.
– Korean: 나는 강을 건널 거예요.
– Romanized: Naneun gang-eul geonneol geoyeyo.

2. He crossed the street.
– Korean: 그는 길을 건넜어요.
– Romanized: Geuneun gil-eul geonneosseoyo.

3. Please cross the bridge.
– Korean: 다리를 건너세요.
– Romanized: Darireul geonneoseyo.

4. I am crossing the road.
– Korean: 나는 길을 건너고 있어요.
– Romanized: Naneun gil-eul geonneogo isseoyo.

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