잘나가다

Korean

Alternative forms

잘 나가다 (jal lagada)

Etymology

From 잘 (jal, “well; skillfully”, adverb) +‎ 나가다 (nagada, “to get socially involved; to participate”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key):
Phonetic hangul:

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jallagada
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jalnagada
McCune–Reischauer^?	challagada
Yale Romanization^?	calnakata

Verb

잘나가다 • (jallagada) (infinitive 잘나가, sequential 잘나가니) (transitive, intransitive)

to be socially successful; to gain popularity or success by doing something well
그녀 는 앳되고 청순한 외모 로 인해 그 당시 잘나가던 배우 였다 고 한다.
Geunyeo-neun aetdoego cheongsunhan oemo-ro inhae geu dangsi jallaga-deon bae'u-yeotda-go handa.
It is said that she was a popular actress at the time due to her youthful and innocent appearance.

Conjugation

Selected forms of the verb 잘나가다 (jallagada): vowel-stem, 가(ga)-irregular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	잘나간다 jallaganda	잘나가 jallaga	잘나가요 jallagayo	잘나갑니다 jallagamnida
Indicative	Past	잘나갔다 jallagatda	잘나갔어 jallagasseo	잘나갔어요 jallagasseoyo	잘나갔습니다 jallagatseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	잘나가느냐 jallaganeunya	잘나가 jallaga	잘나가요 jallagayo	잘나갑니까 jallagamnikka
Interrogative	Past	잘나갔느냐 jallaganneunya	잘나갔어 jallagasseo	잘나갔어요 jallagasseoyo	잘나갔습니까 jallagatseumnikka
Hortative		잘나가자 jallagaja	잘나가 jallaga	잘나가요 jallagayo	잘나가십시다 jallagasipsida
Imperative		잘나가거라, 잘나가라 jallagageora, jallagara	잘나가 jallaga	잘나가요 jallagayo	잘나갑시오 jallagapsio
Assertive		잘나가겠다 jallagagetda	잘나가겠어 jallagagesseo	잘나가겠어요 jallagagesseoyo	잘나가겠습니다 jallagagetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		잘나가 jallaga	잘나가서 jallagaseo	잘나가니 jallagani	잘나가니까 jallaganikka
Contrast		잘나가지만 jallagajiman	잘나가는데 jallaganeunde	잘나가더니 jallagadeoni
Conjunction		잘나가고 jallagago
Condition		잘나가면 jallagamyeon	잘나가야 jallagaya
Motive		잘나가려고 jallagaryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		잘나감 jallagam	잘나가기 jallagagi
Past-tense verbal nouns		잘나갔음 jallagasseum	잘나갔기 jallagatgi
Determiners	Past	잘나간 jallagan
	Present	잘나가는 jallaganeun
	Future	잘나갈 jallagal

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	잘나가신다 jallagasinda	잘나가셔 jallagasyeo	잘나가세요, 잘나가셔요 jallagaseyo, jallagasyeoyo	잘나가십니다 jallagasimnida
Indicative	Past	잘나가셨다 jallagasyeotda	잘나가셨어 jallagasyeosseo	잘나가셨어요 jallagasyeosseoyo	잘나가셨습니다 jallagasyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	잘나가시느냐 jallagasineunya	잘나가셔 jallagasyeo	잘나가세요, 잘나가셔요 jallagaseyo, jallagasyeoyo	잘나가십니까 jallagasimnikka
Interrogative	Past	잘나가셨느냐 jallagasyeonneunya	잘나가셨어 jallagasyeosseo	잘나가셨어요 jallagasyeosseoyo	잘나가셨습니까 jallagasyeotseumnikka
Imperative		잘나가시라 jallagasira	잘나가셔 jallagasyeo	잘나가세요 jallagaseyo	잘나가십시오 jallagasipsio
Assertive		잘나가시겠다 jallagasigetda	잘나가시겠어 jallagasigesseo	잘나가시겠어요 jallagasigesseoyo	잘나가시겠습니다 jallagasigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		잘나가셔 jallagasyeo	잘나가셔서 jallagasyeoseo	잘나가시니 jallagasini	잘나가시니까 jallagasinikka
Contrast		잘나가시지만 jallagasijiman	잘나가시는데 jallagasineunde	잘나가시더니 jallagasideoni
Conjunction		잘나가시고 jallagasigo
Condition		잘나가시면 jallagasimyeon	잘나가셔야 jallagasyeoya
Motive		잘나가시려고 jallagasiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		잘나가심 jallagasim	잘나가시기 jallagasigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		잘나가셨음 jallagasyeosseum	잘나가셨기 jallagasyeotgi
Determiners	Past	잘나가신 jallagasin
	Present	잘나가시는 jallagasineun
	Future	잘나가실 jallagasil