잊다

to forget

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
잊는
아/어Infinitive
잊어
-으니Since
잊으니
합니다Formal
잊습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잊어요잊습니다잊어잊는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잊었어요잊었습니다잊었어잊었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 잊겠어요잊겠습니다잊겠어잊겠다
-을 것이다Going to 잊을 거예요잊을 것입니다잊을 거야잊을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잊어요?잊습니까?잊어?잊니?
과거Past 잊었어요?잊었습니까?잊었어?잊었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 잊으세요잊으십시오잊어잊어라
청유Let's 잊어요잊읍시다잊어잊자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 잊어요안 잊습니다안 잊어안 잊는다
-지 않다Not (long) 잊지 않아요잊지 않습니다잊지 않아잊지 않는다
못Cannot 못 잊어요못 잊습니다못 잊어못 잊는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잊으세요잊으십니다잊으셔잊으신다
과거Past 잊으셨어요잊으셨습니다잊으셨어잊으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
잊는
과거Past
잊은
미래Future
잊을
회상Used to
잊던

Joining clauses

-고and
잊고
-게-ly / so that
잊게
-어서so / and then
잊어서
-으니까since
잊으니까
-으면if / when
잊으면
-지만but
잊지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
잊는데
-어도even if
잊어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 잊고 있어요잊고 있습니다잊고 있어잊고 있다
과거Was doing 잊고 있었어요잊고 있었습니다잊고 있었어잊고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

적어놨다면 잊지 않았을 텐데.

Had I written it down, I wouldn't have forgotten it.

나는 톰이 프랑스어를 한다는 것을 잊고 있었다.

I forgot that Tom spoke French.

제가 어디 있는지도 잊었죠.

I didn't know where I was.

그때의 경험을 잊을 수 없는거죠.

It's still remembered. The fall of life expectancy.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 잊다 in Korean?

잊다 (to forget) is 잊어요 in the polite 해요체, 잊습니다 in formal 합니다체, 잊어 in casual 반말 and 잊는다 in the plain written style. The past is 잊었어요.

What is the past tense of 잊다?

잊었어요 in everyday polite speech, 잊었습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 잊어 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 잊다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 잊습니다, 잊어, 잊으니 all keep 잊 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 잊다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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