Passive verb suffixes (피동사)

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이 – if verb ends in vowel or ㅎ 

보다 = to see —> 보이다 = to be seen
바꾸다 = to change —> 바뀌다 = to be changed
놓다 = to place —> 놓이다 = to be placed
섞다 = to mix —> 섞이다 = to be mixed
덮다 = to cover —> 덮이다 = to be covered

내 남자 친구가 날 찼어 – My boyfriend dumped me.
난 차였어 – I was dumped.

히 – if verb ends in ㄷ, ㄱ, ㅈ, or ㅂ

잡다 = to catch —> 잡히다 = to be caught
밟다 = to step on —> 밟히다 = to be stepped on
막다 = to block —> 막히다 = to be blocked
닫다 = to close —> 닫히다 = to be closed
잊다 = to forget —> 잊히다 = to be forgotten

난 아이스크림을 다 먹었어. – I ate all the ice cream.
아이스크림이 다 먹혔어. – All the ice cream was eaten,

리 – if verb ends in ㄹ or ㄷ

열다 = to open —> 열리다 = to be opened
듣다 = to hear —> 들리다 = to be heard
자르다 = to cut —> 잘리다 = to be cut
뚫다 = to pierce —> 뚫리다 = to be pierced

나는 문을 열었어. – I opened the door.
돌아왔을 때 문이 열렸어. – When I came back, the door was open.

개가 우체부를 물었어요 – The dog bit the mailman. (active)
우체부가 개한테 물렸어요 – The mailman was bitten by a dog. (passive)

문이 바람에 열렸어요 – The door was blown open by the wind

기 – if verb ends in ㅁ, ㅅ, ㄶ, or ㄴ

담다 = to fill —> 담기다 = to be filled
잠그다 = to lock —> 잠기다 = to be locked
안다 = to hold —> 안기다 = to be held
씻다 = to wash —> 씻기다 = to be washed
쫓다 = to chase —> 쫓기다 = to be chased

그는 날 안고 있어. – He’s hugging me.
그녀는 안겼어. – She was hugged.

~는 것 – verb into noun

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는 것/거 (present) 
-(
)ㄴ 것 (past) 
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)ㄹ 것 (future) 

(verb~ing / the act of verb~ing / thing that you do, did, will do)

먹은 것 = thing you ate 
먹는 것 = thing you eat, eating, the act of eating 
먹을 것 = thing you will eat 

산 것 = thing you bought 
사는 것 = thing that you buy, buying, the act of buying
살 것 = thing you will buy 

지금 듣는 거는 노래예요 = What I am listening to now is a song.  
오늘 만나는 것 알아요? = Do you know that we are meeting today?  
매운 것 잘 먹어요? = Are you good at eating spicy foods?  
제 취미는 영화 보는 거예요? = my hobby is watching movies. 
요즘 공부하는 거는 뭐예요? = what is it that you are studying recently? 
저는 친구랑 수다떠는 거를 좋아해요 = I like chitchatting with my friends.  

in speaking, 는 것 = 는 거, 는 것은 = 는 건, 는 것이 = 는 게, 는 것을 = 는 걸