잽싸다

quick, fast, nimble

TOPIK 6 6급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
잽싼
아/어Infinitive
잽싸
-으니Since
잽싸니
합니다Formal
잽쌉니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잽싸요잽쌉니다잽싸잽싸다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잽쌌어요잽쌌습니다잽쌌어잽쌌다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 잽싸겠어요잽싸겠습니다잽싸겠어잽싸겠다
-을 것이다Going to 잽쌀 거예요잽쌀 것입니다잽쌀 거야잽쌀 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잽싸요?잽쌉니까?잽싸?잽싸니?
과거Past 잽쌌어요?잽쌌습니까?잽쌌어?잽쌌니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 잽싸요안 잽쌉니다안 잽싸안 잽싸다
-지 않다Not (long) 잽싸지 않아요잽싸지 않습니다잽싸지 않아잽싸지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잽싸세요잽싸십니다잽싸셔잽싸시다
과거Past 잽싸셨어요잽싸셨습니다잽싸셨어잽싸셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
잽싼
과거Past
잽싼
미래Future
잽쌀
회상Used to
잽싸던

Joining clauses

-고and
잽싸고
-게-ly / so that
잽싸게
-어서so / and then
잽싸서
-으니까since
잽싸니까
-으면if / when
잽싸면
-지만but
잽싸지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
잽싼데
-어도even if
잽싸도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

에딕은 잽싸게 낚아채고 자유를 향한 힘의 접점을 들어올립니다.

Ethic swoops in, and lifts the Node of Power to freedom.

그런 뒤 잽싸게 올라가 줄 매는 작업을 시작해야 돼

Then when the coast is clear, and as fast as we can, we bring everything up to the roof and we start rigging.

총을 든 피티를 보자마자 잽싸게 움직였죠

I was,like,cat-quick, just dove right through the window

하지만 누군가 발견했죠 누군가가 다시 와서 아주 잽싸게 금고를 비웠습니다

But somebody did. After the police thought they cleared the scene, somebody came back and emptied the safe right quick.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 잽싸다 in Korean?

잽싸다 (quick, fast, nimble) is 잽싸요 in the polite 해요체, 잽쌉니다 in formal 합니다체, 잽싸 in casual 반말 and 잽싸다 in the plain written style. The past is 잽쌌어요.

What is the past tense of 잽싸다?

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

Is 잽싸다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 잽쌉니다, 잽싸, 잽싸니 all keep 잽싸 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 잽싸다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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