자잘하다

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Korean

Etymology

자잘 (jajal) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jajalhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jajalhada
McCune–Reischauer?chajarhada
Yale Romanization?cacal.hata

Adjective

자잘하다 • (jajalhada) (infinitive 자잘해 or 자잘하여, sequential 자잘하니)

  1. (of a large number of things) to be teeny, to be tiny
    Synonym: 깨알 같다 (kkaeal gatda)
    글자가 너무 자잘해서 못 읽겠어.
    Geulja-ga neomu jajal-haeseo mot il-gess-eo.
    I can't read it because the letters are too teeny.
    자잘한 개미 떼가 줄지어 기어간다.
    Jajal-han gaemi tte-ga juljieo gieoganda.
    A swarm of tiny ants are crawling in a line.
  2. (figurative, of a large number of things) to be trivial, to be unimportant
    Synonym: 사소(些少)하다 (sasohada)
    왜 자잘한 일에만 신경써?
    Wae jajal-han ir-e-man sin'gyeongsseo?
    Why do you only care about trivial things?

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 자잘하다 (jajalhada): vowel-stem, 하(ha)-irregular
Sentence-final forms
Formal non-polite
(해라체) 		Informal non-polite
(해체) 		Informal polite
(해요체) 		Formal polite
(하십시오체)
Indicative Non-past 자잘하다
jajalhada 		자잘해
jajalhae 		자잘해요
jajalhaeyo 		자잘합니다
jajalhamnida
Past 자잘했다
jajalhaetda 		자잘했어
jajalhaesseo 		자잘했어요
jajalhaesseoyo 		자잘했습니다
jajalhaetseumnida
Interrogative Non-past 자잘하냐
jajalhanya 		자잘해
jajalhae 		자잘해요
jajalhaeyo 		자잘합니까
jajalhamnikka
Past 자잘했냐
jajalhaennya 		자잘했어
jajalhaesseo 		자잘했어요
jajalhaesseoyo 		자잘했습니까
jajalhaetseumnikka
Assertive 자잘하겠다
jajalhagetda		 자잘하겠어
jajalhagesseo		 자잘하겠어요
jajalhagesseoyo		 자잘하겠습니다
jajalhagetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason 자잘해
jajalhae		 자잘해서, 자잘하여서
jajalhaeseo, jajalhayeoseo		 자잘하니
jajalhani		 자잘하니까
jajalhanikka
Contrast 자잘하지만
jajalhajiman		 자잘한데
jajalhande		 자잘하더니
jajalhadeoni
Conjunction 자잘하고
jajalhago
Condition 자잘하면
jajalhamyeon		 자잘해야, 자잘하여야
jajalhaeya, jajalhayeoya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns 자잘함
jajalham		 자잘하기
jajalhagi
Past-tense verbal nouns 자잘했음, 자잘하였음
jajalhaesseum, jajalhayeosseum		 자잘했기, 자잘하였기
jajalhaetgi, jajalhayeotgi
Determiners Present 자잘한
jajalhan
Future 자잘할
jajalhal


Sentence-final forms with honorific
Plain (해라체) Informal (해체) Polite (해요체) Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative Non-past 자잘하시다
jajalhasida 		자잘하셔
jajalhasyeo 		자잘하세요, 자잘하셔요
jajalhaseyo, jajalhasyeoyo 		자잘하십니다
jajalhasimnida
Past 자잘하셨다
jajalhasyeotda 		자잘하셨어
jajalhasyeosseo 		자잘하셨어요
jajalhasyeosseoyo 		자잘하셨습니다
jajalhasyeotseumnida
Interrogative Non-past 자잘하시냐
jajalhasinya 		자잘하셔
jajalhasyeo 		자잘하세요, 자잘하셔요
jajalhaseyo, jajalhasyeoyo 		자잘하십니까
jajalhasimnikka
Past 자잘하셨냐
jajalhasyeonnya 		자잘하셨어
jajalhasyeosseo 		자잘하셨어요
jajalhasyeosseoyo 		자잘하셨습니까
jajalhasyeotseumnikka
Assertive 자잘하시겠다
jajalhasigetda		 자잘하시겠어
jajalhasigesseo		 자잘하시겠어요
jajalhasigesseoyo		 자잘하시겠습니다
jajalhasigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason 자잘하셔
jajalhasyeo		 자잘하셔서
jajalhasyeoseo		 자잘하시니
jajalhasini		 자잘하시니까
jajalhasinikka
Contrast 자잘하시지만
jajalhasijiman		 자잘하신데
jajalhasinde		 자잘하시더니
jajalhasideoni
Conjunction 자잘하시고
jajalhasigo
Condition 자잘하시면
jajalhasimyeon		 자잘하셔야
jajalhasyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns 자잘하심
jajalhasim		 자잘하시기
jajalhasigi
Past-tense verbal nouns 자잘하셨음
jajalhasyeosseum		 자잘하셨기
jajalhasyeotgi
Determiners Present 자잘하신
jajalhasin
Future 자잘하실
jajalhasil

See also

  • 작다 (jakda, “to be small”)
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