재잘거리다 Korean verb conjugation

to chatter

Every form of 재잘거리다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
재잘거리는
아/어Infinitive
재잘거려
-으니Since
재잘거리니
합니다Formal
재잘거립니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 재잘거려요재잘거립니다재잘거려재잘거린다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 재잘거렸어요재잘거렸습니다재잘거렸어재잘거렸다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 재잘거리겠어요재잘거리겠습니다재잘거리겠어재잘거리겠다
-을 것이다Going to 재잘거릴 거예요재잘거릴 것입니다재잘거릴 거야재잘거릴 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 재잘거려요?재잘거립니까?재잘거려?재잘거리니?
과거Past 재잘거렸어요?재잘거렸습니까?재잘거렸어?재잘거렸니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 재잘거리세요재잘거리십시오재잘거려재잘거려라
청유Let's 재잘거려요재잘거립시다재잘거려재잘거리자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 재잘거려요안 재잘거립니다안 재잘거려안 재잘거린다
-지 않다Not (long) 재잘거리지 않아요재잘거리지 않습니다재잘거리지 않아재잘거리지 않는다
Cannot 못 재잘거려요못 재잘거립니다못 재잘거려못 재잘거린다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 재잘거리세요재잘거리십니다재잘거리셔재잘거리신다
과거Past 재잘거리셨어요재잘거리셨습니다재잘거리셨어재잘거리셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
재잘거리는
과거Past
재잘거린
미래Future
재잘거릴
회상Used to
재잘거리던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
재잘거리고
-게-ly / so that
재잘거리게
-어서so / and then
재잘거려서
-으니까since
재잘거리니까
-으면if / when
재잘거리면
-지만but
재잘거리지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
재잘거리는데
-어도even if
재잘거려도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 재잘거리고 있어요재잘거리고 있습니다재잘거리고 있어재잘거리고 있다
과거Was doing 재잘거리고 있었어요재잘거리고 있었습니다재잘거리고 있었어재잘거리고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

자 이 모든 것은 엄청난 재잘거림입니다.

So all of this is a lot of twittering, right?

나비들이 온 사방에서 재잘거리는 걸 상상이나 할 수 있겠어요?

Can you imagine if butterflies were yakking out there all over the place?

나도 10대들처럼 너와 같이 재잘거리고 싶다만, 다른 할 얘기가 있어.

As much as I'd like to gossip with you like a teenager right now, there's something else we need to talk about.

이제 린다는 한쪽에서는 완전 소용이 없고 다른 한쪽에서는 미친 소리를 재잘거려요.

And now she's somewhere to the left of totally useless and to the right of babbling lunatic.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 재잘거리다 in Korean?

재잘거리다 (to chatter) is 재잘거려요 in the polite 해요체, 재잘거립니다 in formal 합니다체, 재잘거려 in casual 반말 and 재잘거린다 in the plain written style. The past is 재잘거렸어요.

What is the past tense of 재잘거리다?

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

Is 재잘거리다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 재잘거립니다, 재잘거려, 재잘거리니 all keep 재잘거리 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 재잘거리다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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