잽싸다 Korean adjective conjugation

quick, fast, nimble

Every form of 잽싸다 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.

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.

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	잽싸요	잽쌉니다	잽싸	잽싸다

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
서술Statement	잽쌌어요	잽쌌습니다	잽쌌어	잽쌌다

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be	잽싸겠어요	잽싸겠습니다	잽싸겠어	잽싸겠다
-을 것이다Going to	잽쌀 거예요	잽쌀 것입니다	잽쌀 거야	잽쌀 것이다

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	잽싸요?	잽쌉니까?	잽싸?	잽싸니?
과거Past	잽쌌어요?	잽쌌습니까?	잽쌌어?	잽쌌니?

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
안Not (short)	안 잽싸요	안 잽쌉니다	안 잽싸	안 잽싸다
-지 않다Not (long)	잽싸지 않아요	잽싸지 않습니다	잽싸지 않아	잽싸지 않다

	해요체Polite	합니다체Formal	해체Casual	한다체Plain
현재Present	잽싸세요	잽싸십니다	잽싸셔	잽싸시다
과거Past	잽싸셨어요	잽싸셨습니다	잽싸셨어	잽싸셨다

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

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

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.

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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