그렇다

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Now that you know about 이렇다, learning about 그렇다 is simple. Like 이렇다, 그렇다 is usually used as an adjective or an adverb:

As an Adjective: 그런
By adding ~ㄴ/은 to the stem of 그렇다 we get 그런, which means "that sort of/that kind of/that type of." For example:

저는 그런 사람을 믿지 않아요 - I don't trust that type of person/those types of people
저는 그런 것을 좋아하지 않아요 - I don't like that type of thing

As an Adverb: 그렇게
By adding ~게 to the stem of 그렇다 we get 그렇게, which means "like that."

저는 그렇게 생각하지 않아요 - I don't think like that
저는 그렇게 운동하고 싶어요 - I want to exercise like that

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