잘다

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Eonhae taesan jibyo (諺解胎産集要 / 언해태산집요), 1608, as Early Modern Korean ᄌᆞᆯ다 (Yale: col-ta).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jalda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jalda
McCune–Reischauer?chalda
Yale Romanization?calta

Adjective

잘다 • (jalda) (infinitive 잘아, sequential 자니)

  1. to be small, to little, to fine, to be tiny, to be thin
    파를 잘게 썰은 후에 냄비에 넣어라.
    Pa-reul jalge sseoreun hu-e naembi-e neo'eora.
    Chop the scallions into small pieces and place them in a pot.

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 잘다 (jalda): consonant-stem, ㄹ(l)-irregular
Sentence-final forms
Formal non-polite
(해라체) 		Informal non-polite
(해체) 		Informal polite
(해요체) 		Formal polite
(하십시오체)
Indicative Non-past 잘다
jalda 		잘아
jara 		잘아요
jarayo 		잡니다
jamnida
Past 잘았다
jaratda 		잘았어
jarasseo 		잘았어요
jarasseoyo 		잘았습니다
jaratseumnida
Interrogative Non-past 자냐
janya 		잘아
jara 		잘아요
jarayo 		잡니까
jamnikka
Past 잘았냐
jarannya 		잘았어
jarasseo 		잘았어요
jarasseoyo 		잘았습니까
jaratseumnikka
Assertive 잘겠다
jalgetda		 잘겠어
jalgesseo		 잘겠어요
jalgesseoyo		 잘겠습니다
jalgetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason 잘아
jara		 잘아서
jaraseo		 자니
jani		 자니까
janikka
Contrast 잘지만
jaljiman		 잔데
jande		 잘더니
jaldeoni
Conjunction 잘고
jalgo
Condition 잘면
jalmyeon		 잘아야
jaraya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns 잚
jam		 잘기
jalgi
Past-tense verbal nouns 잘았음
jarasseum		 잘았기
jaratgi
Determiners Present 잔
jan
Future 잘
jal


Sentence-final forms with honorific
Plain (해라체) Informal (해체) Polite (해요체) Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative Non-past 자시다
jasida 		자셔
jasyeo 		자세요, 자셔요
jaseyo, jasyeoyo 		자십니다
jasimnida
Past 자셨다
jasyeotda 		자셨어
jasyeosseo 		자셨어요
jasyeosseoyo 		자셨습니다
jasyeotseumnida
Interrogative Non-past 자시냐
jasinya 		자셔
jasyeo 		자세요, 자셔요
jaseyo, jasyeoyo 		자십니까
jasimnikka
Past 자셨냐
jasyeonnya 		자셨어
jasyeosseo 		자셨어요
jasyeosseoyo 		자셨습니까
jasyeotseumnikka
Assertive 자시겠다
jasigetda		 자시겠어
jasigesseo		 자시겠어요
jasigesseoyo		 자시겠습니다
jasigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason 자셔
jasyeo		 자셔서
jasyeoseo		 자시니
jasini		 자시니까
jasinikka
Contrast 자시지만
jasijiman		 자신데
jasinde		 자시더니
jasideoni
Conjunction 자시고
jasigo
Condition 자시면
jasimyeon		 자셔야
jasyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns 자심
jasim		 자시기
jasigi
Past-tense verbal nouns 자셨음
jasyeosseum		 자셨기
jasyeotgi
Determiners Present 자신
jasin
Future 자실
jasil
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