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TOPIK 2verb

짓다

jitda [짇따]

지어요 · 지었어요 · 지을 거예요 · 지으세요 (ㅅ irregular)

to build; to make (rice, clothes); to give (a name); to write (a poem)

Example

부모님이 제 이름을 지어 주셨어요.

My parents named me.

Word parts

Core idea 'create': 집을 짓다, 밥을 짓다, 이름을 짓다.

Good to know

Before vowels the ㅅ disappears: 지어요, not 짓어요.