잘못하다

to make a mistake

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
잘못하는
아/어Infinitive
잘못하
-으니Since
잘못하니
합니다Formal
잘못합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잘못하요잘못합니다잘못하잘못한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잘못핬어요잘못핬습니다잘못핬어잘못핬다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 잘못하겠어요잘못하겠습니다잘못하겠어잘못하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 잘못할 거예요잘못할 것입니다잘못할 거야잘못할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잘못하요?잘못합니까?잘못하?잘못하니?
과거Past 잘못핬어요?잘못핬습니까?잘못핬어?잘못핬니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 잘못하세요잘못하십시오잘못하잘못하라
청유Let's 잘못하요잘못합시다잘못하잘못하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 잘못하요안 잘못합니다안 잘못하안 잘못한다
-지 않다Not (long) 잘못하지 않아요잘못하지 않습니다잘못하지 않아잘못하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 잘못하요못 잘못합니다못 잘못하못 잘못한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잘못하세요잘못하십니다잘못하셔잘못하신다
과거Past 잘못하셨어요잘못하셨습니다잘못하셨어잘못하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
잘못하는
과거Past
잘못한
미래Future
잘못할
회상Used to
잘못하던

Joining clauses

-고and
잘못하고
-게-ly / so that
잘못하게
-어서so / and then
잘못하서
-으니까since
잘못하니까
-으면if / when
잘못하면
-지만but
잘못하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
잘못하는데
-어도even if
잘못하도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 잘못하고 있어요잘못하고 있습니다잘못하고 있어잘못하고 있다
과거Was doing 잘못하고 있었어요잘못하고 있었습니다잘못하고 있었어잘못하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

자기가 잘못했다고 생각한다.

I feel guilty.

바로 그때 제가 잘못하고 있다는 걸 깨달았습니다.

And that's when I realized I wasn't doing it right.

난 잘못한 거 없어.

I did nothing wrong.

난 계속 잘못하고 있었어.

I've been doing this wrong.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 잘못하다 in Korean?

잘못하다 (to make a mistake) is 잘못하요 in the polite 해요체, 잘못합니다 in formal 합니다체, 잘못하 in casual 반말 and 잘못한다 in the plain written style. The past is 잘못핬어요.

What is the past tense of 잘못하다?

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

Is 잘못하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 잘못합니다, 잘못하, 잘못하니 all keep 잘못하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 잘못하다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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