점잖다

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Korean

Etymology

Contracted from Early Modern Korean 졈디 아니ᄒᆞ다 (cyem-ti ani-hota), which was equivalent to the modern construction 젊지 아니하다 (jeom-ji ani-hada, literally “not to be young”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeomjanta
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeomjanhda
McCune–Reischauer?chŏmjant'a
Yale Romanization?cēmcanhta

Adjective

점잖다 • (jeomjanta) (infinitive 점잖아, sequential 점잖으니)

  1. (to be) well behaved, dignified, respectable, gentle
    그는 꽤 점잖으신 신사 분이시다. ― Geu-neun kkwae jeomjaneusin sinsa bun-isida. ― He is quite a respectable gentleman.

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 점잖다 (jeomjanta): consonant-stem, regular
Sentence-final forms
Formal non-polite
(해라체) 		Informal non-polite
(해체) 		Informal polite
(해요체) 		Formal polite
(하십시오체)
Indicative Non-past 점잖다
jeomjanta 		점잖아
jeomjana 		점잖아요
jeomjanayo 		점잖습니다
jeomjanseumnida
Past 점잖았다
jeomjanatda 		점잖았어
jeomjanasseo 		점잖았어요
jeomjanasseoyo 		점잖았습니다
jeomjanatseumnida
Interrogative Non-past 점잖으냐
jeomjaneunya 		점잖아
jeomjana 		점잖아요
jeomjanayo 		점잖습니까
jeomjanseumnikka
Past 점잖았냐
jeomjanannya 		점잖았어
jeomjanasseo 		점잖았어요
jeomjanasseoyo 		점잖았습니까
jeomjanatseumnikka
Assertive 점잖겠다
jeomjanketda		 점잖겠어
jeomjankesseo		 점잖겠어요
jeomjankesseoyo		 점잖겠습니다
jeomjanketseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason 점잖아
jeomjana		 점잖아서
jeomjanaseo		 점잖으니
jeomjaneuni		 점잖으니까
jeomjaneunikka
Contrast 점잖지만
jeomjanchiman		 점잖은데
jeomjaneunde		 점잖더니
jeomjanteoni
Conjunction 점잖고
jeomjanko
Condition 점잖으면
jeomjaneumyeon		 점잖아야
jeomjanaya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns 점잖음
jeomjaneum		 점잖기
jeomjanki
Past-tense verbal nouns 점잖았음
jeomjanasseum		 점잖았기
jeomjanatgi
Determiners Present 점잖은
jeomjaneun
Future 점잖을
jeomjaneul


Sentence-final forms with honorific
Plain (해라체) Informal (해체) Polite (해요체) Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative Non-past 점잖으시다
jeomjaneusida 		점잖으셔
jeomjaneusyeo 		점잖으세요, 점잖으셔요
jeomjaneuseyo, jeomjaneusyeoyo 		점잖으십니다
jeomjaneusimnida
Past 점잖으셨다
jeomjaneusyeotda 		점잖으셨어
jeomjaneusyeosseo 		점잖으셨어요
jeomjaneusyeosseoyo 		점잖으셨습니다
jeomjaneusyeotseumnida
Interrogative Non-past 점잖으시냐
jeomjaneusinya 		점잖으셔
jeomjaneusyeo 		점잖으세요, 점잖으셔요
jeomjaneuseyo, jeomjaneusyeoyo 		점잖으십니까
jeomjaneusimnikka
Past 점잖으셨냐
jeomjaneusyeonnya 		점잖으셨어
jeomjaneusyeosseo 		점잖으셨어요
jeomjaneusyeosseoyo 		점잖으셨습니까
jeomjaneusyeotseumnikka
Assertive 점잖으시겠다
jeomjaneusigetda		 점잖으시겠어
jeomjaneusigesseo		 점잖으시겠어요
jeomjaneusigesseoyo		 점잖으시겠습니다
jeomjaneusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason 점잖으셔
jeomjaneusyeo		 점잖으셔서
jeomjaneusyeoseo		 점잖으시니
jeomjaneusini		 점잖으시니까
jeomjaneusinikka
Contrast 점잖으시지만
jeomjaneusijiman		 점잖으신데
jeomjaneusinde		 점잖으시더니
jeomjaneusideoni
Conjunction 점잖으시고
jeomjaneusigo
Condition 점잖으시면
jeomjaneusimyeon		 점잖으셔야
jeomjaneusyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns 점잖으심
jeomjaneusim		 점잖으시기
jeomjaneusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns 점잖으셨음
jeomjaneusyeosseum		 점잖으셨기
jeomjaneusyeotgi
Determiners Present 점잖으신
jeomjaneusin
Future 점잖으실
jeomjaneusil

Derived terms

  • 점잔 (jeomjan) (noun, used in some idioms)

References

  1. ^ 홍윤표(洪允杓) (2003 August) “The etymology of 점잖다”, in 새국어소식‎
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