Grammar [Grammar] ~(으)ㄴ/는 척/첵 하다 By vancewong - February 3, 2017 0 2228 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp ~은/는/ㄴ 척/첵 하다 (~eun/neun/eun cheo-ka-da/che-ka-da) – acting as if You can look at this as “pretending to” as well, although I personally prefer “acting as if”. This grammar expression can be used for action verbs and descriptive verbs/adjectives. For verbs, attach 는 to both present and past tenses. There is no future tense for this grammar expression. For descriptive verbs/adjectives, attach 은/ㄴ depending on whether there is an ending consonant (받침). Examples: 그 학생은 매일 수업 때 아무것도 모르는 척 했는데 시험을 잘 봤네. That student acts as if she doesn’t know anything in class but she did well for the test. 우리 강아지는 먹고 싶을 때마다 슬픈 첵 해서 진짜 귀여워. My puppy acts as if it’s sad every time it wants to eat and it’s really cute.
