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TOPIK 4verb

갈라지다

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갈라져요 · 갈라졌어요 · 갈라질 거예요 · 갈라진 (+noun)

to split, to crack; to break up, to be divided

Example

가뭄 때문에 논바닥이 갈라졌어요.

The rice paddies cracked because of the drought.

Word parts

From 가르다 'to divide' + -아지다 'become': literally 'become divided'.