To cut in Korean 🇰🇷

자르다 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Associate 자르다 (jaruda) with “to cut” by picturing someone using scissors to cut a piece of paper—recall that “자르” sounds smooth like the motion of cutting.
• Remember that 자르다 is common for physical cutting (like hair, paper, or rope).

Explanations:
• 자르다 (jaruda) is the basic verb meaning “to cut.”
• It is often used when referring to cutting or slicing materials.
• The verb stem is 자르-, and note that it undergoes an irregular change in the past tense.

Other Words with Similar Meanings:
• 베다 (beda) – “to cut” or “to slice” (often used for slicing food or with a knife).
• 썰다 (sseolda) – “to slice/chop” (typically used when cutting vegetables or meat).

Conjugations:
• Infinitive: 자르다 (jaruda)
• Present
 – Informal plain: 자른다 (jareunda)
 – Polite/formal: 자릅니다 (jareumnida)
• Past (note the irregular change for 르 verbs):
 – Informal plain: 잘랐다 (jallatta)
 – Polite/formal: 잘랐어요 (jallasseoyo)
• Future:
 – Using “것이다”: 자를 것이다 (jareul geosida)
 – Polite, colloquial: 자를 거예요 (jareul geoyeyo)
• Present Progressive:
 – Informal: 자르고 있다 (jarugo itda)
 – Polite: 자르고 있어요 (jarugo isseoyo)

Example Sentences:
1. “I cut my hair.”
 – Korean: 나는 머리를 잘랐어요.
 – Romanized: Naneun meorireul jallasseoyo.
2. “You cut the paper.”
 – Korean: 너는 종이를 자릅니다.
 – Romanized: Neoneun jongireul jareumnida.
3. “He will cut the rope.”
 – Korean: 그는 밧줄을 자를 것입니다.
 – Romanized: Geuneun batjureul jareul geosimnida.
4. “Be careful when cutting the vegetables.”
 – Korean: 야채를 자를 때 조심하세요.
 – Romanized: Yachaereul jareul ttae josimhaseyo.

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