잦아지다 Korean verb conjugation
to become more and more frequent
Every form of 잦아지다 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
- 잦아지는
- 아/어Infinitive
- 잦아져
- -으니Since
- 잦아지니
- 합니다Formal
- 잦아집니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 잦아져요 | 잦아집니다 | 잦아져 | 잦아진다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 잦아졌어요 | 잦아졌습니다 | 잦아졌어 | 잦아졌다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 잦아지겠어요 | 잦아지겠습니다 | 잦아지겠어 | 잦아지겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 잦아질 거예요 | 잦아질 것입니다 | 잦아질 거야 | 잦아질 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 잦아져요? | 잦아집니까? | 잦아져? | 잦아지니? |
| 과거Past | 잦아졌어요? | 잦아졌습니까? | 잦아졌어? | 잦아졌니? |
명령Commands
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 명령Do it | 잦아지세요 | 잦아지십시오 | 잦아져 | 잦아져라 |
| 청유Let's | 잦아져요 | 잦아집시다 | 잦아져 | 잦아지자 |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 잦아져요 | 안 잦아집니다 | 안 잦아져 | 안 잦아진다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 잦아지지 않아요 | 잦아지지 않습니다 | 잦아지지 않아 | 잦아지지 않는다 |
| 못Cannot | 못 잦아져요 | 못 잦아집니다 | 못 잦아져 | 못 잦아진다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 잦아지세요 | 잦아지십니다 | 잦아지셔 | 잦아지신다 |
| 과거Past | 잦아지셨어요 | 잦아지셨습니다 | 잦아지셨어 | 잦아지셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 잦아지는
- 과거Past
- 잦아진
- 미래Future
- 잦아질
- 회상Used to
- 잦아지던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 잦아지고
- -게-ly / so that
- 잦아지게
- -어서so / and then
- 잦아져서
- -으니까since
- 잦아지니까
- -으면if / when
- 잦아지면
- -지만but
- 잦아지지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 잦아지는데
- -어도even if
- 잦아져도
진행In progress
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Is doing | 잦아지고 있어요 | 잦아지고 있습니다 | 잦아지고 있어 | 잦아지고 있다 |
| 과거Was doing | 잦아지고 있었어요 | 잦아지고 있었습니다 | 잦아지고 있었어 | 잦아지고 있었다 |
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 잦아지다
- 1이 2에/으로 잦아지다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
소리가 점점 더 잦아지는 것 같아요
That's happening more and more.
그리고 그런 일들이 잦아졌고, 더 고통스러워졌어.
And the more it happened, the more painful they became.
폭우은 점점 잦아져요.
Heavy precipitation gets more frequent.
홍수도 더 잦아졌습니다
And so we see more flooding.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 잦아지다 in Korean?
잦아지다 (to become more and more frequent) is 잦아져요 in the polite 해요체, 잦아집니다 in formal 합니다체, 잦아져 in casual 반말 and 잦아진다 in the plain written style. The past is 잦아졌어요.
What is the past tense of 잦아지다?
잦아졌어요 in everyday polite speech, 잦아졌습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 잦아져 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 잦아지다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 잦아집니다, 잦아져, 잦아지니 all keep 잦아지 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 잦아지다?
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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