a. D.V. + (어/아)지다 => "is becoming . . . ," "is getting . . ." b. A.V. + (어/아)지다 => "is be -ed." "is (happening) . . ."

a.	D.V. + (어/아)지다
	=> "is becoming . . . ," "is getting . . ."
	b.	A.V. + (어/아)지다
		=> "is be -ed." "is (happening) . . ."

This helping verb, -(어/아)지다, has two main functions. When used with a descriptive verb, it indicates the changes occurring to the state or condition of the subject. When used with an action verb, it turns an active sentence into a passive sentence or indicates that something is happening automatically. (See the helping verb chart in L14, GN7.)

(a)

Dictionary Form / With (어/아)지다 Examples

쉽다 / 쉬워지다

• 일이 쉬워진다.
  => The work is getting easy.

덥다 / 더워지다

• 날씨가 더워진다.
  => The weather is getting warm.

깨끗하다 / 깨끗해지다

• 공기가 깨끗해졌다.
  => The air has gotten clean.

복잡하다 / 복잡해지다

• 길이 복잡해진다.
  => The street is getting crowded. 

빨갛다 / 빨개지다

• 하늘이 빨개진다.
  => The sky is turning red. 

젊다 / 젊어지다

• 저 여자는 젊어졌다.
  => She is looking younger (literally "She has become young.")

(b) 

쓰다 / 써지다 

• 연필이 잘 써진다.
  => The pencil writes well.

지우다 / 지워지다 

• 글씨가 지워졌다.
  => The characters were erased.

넘다 / 넘어지다 

• 나무가 넘어졌다.
  => The tree has fallen.