재빠르다 Korean adjective conjugation

to be quick

Every form of 재빠르다 across the four speech levels. It is 르 irregular — 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
재빠른
아/어Infinitive
재빨라
-으니Since
재빠르니
합니다Formal
재빠릅니다

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 재빨라요재빠릅니다재빨라재빠르다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 재빨랐어요재빨랐습니다재빨랐어재빨랐다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 재빠르겠어요재빠르겠습니다재빠르겠어재빠르겠다
-을 것이다Going to 재빠를 거예요재빠를 것입니다재빠를 거야재빠를 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 재빨라요?재빠릅니까?재빨라?재빠르니?
과거Past 재빨랐어요?재빨랐습니까?재빨랐어?재빨랐니?

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 재빨라요안 재빠릅니다안 재빨라안 재빠르다
-지 않다Not (long) 재빠르지 않아요재빠르지 않습니다재빠르지 않아재빠르지 않다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 재빠르세요재빠르십니다재빠르셔재빠르시다
과거Past 재빠르셨어요재빠르셨습니다재빠르셨어재빠르셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
재빠른
과거Past
재빠른
미래Future
재빠를
회상Used to
재빠르던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
재빠르고
-게-ly / so that
재빠르게
-어서so / and then
재빨라서
-으니까since
재빠르니까
-으면if / when
재빠르면
-지만but
재빠르지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
재빠른데
-어도even if
재빨라도

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.

원자들이 재빠르게 움직일 때, 우리는 물질이 뜨겁다고 인식하며

When atoms are moving more rapidly, we perceive that matter as hot.

뇌 속에서 박테리아는 재빠르게 뇌척수막을 감염시킵니다.

Inside the brain, the bacteria swiftly infect the meninges.

이들은 위기에서 재빠르게 빠져나올 수도 없습니다.

And it's not like they can make a speedy escape.

시작하세요. 30초 밖에 없답니다. 재빠르게 하셔야 해요.

You’ve got 30 seconds, you’d better be fast.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 재빠르다 in Korean?

재빠르다 (to be quick) is 재빨라요 in the polite 해요체, 재빠릅니다 in formal 합니다체, 재빨라 in casual 반말 and 재빠르다 in the plain written style. The past is 재빨랐어요.

What is the past tense of 재빠르다?

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

Is 재빠르다 irregular?

Yes — it is 르 irregular (르 불규칙). 르 doubles its ㄹ and takes 아/어: 모르다 → 몰라요. That is why the stem looks different in 재빨라 and 재빠르니 but unchanged in 재빠릅니다.

What TOPIK level is 재빠르다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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