잘생기다

to be handsome

TOPIK 2 2급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
잘생긴
아/어Infinitive
잘생겨
-으니Since
잘생기니
합니다Formal
잘생깁니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잘생겨요잘생깁니다잘생겨잘생기다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잘생겼어요잘생겼습니다잘생겼어잘생겼다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 잘생기겠어요잘생기겠습니다잘생기겠어잘생기겠다
-을 것이다Going to 잘생길 거예요잘생길 것입니다잘생길 거야잘생길 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잘생겨요?잘생깁니까?잘생겨?잘생기니?
과거Past 잘생겼어요?잘생겼습니까?잘생겼어?잘생겼니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 잘생겨요안 잘생깁니다안 잘생겨안 잘생기다
-지 않다Not (long) 잘생기지 않아요잘생기지 않습니다잘생기지 않아잘생기지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잘생기세요잘생기십니다잘생기셔잘생기시다
과거Past 잘생기셨어요잘생기셨습니다잘생기셨어잘생기셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
잘생긴
과거Past
잘생긴
미래Future
잘생길
회상Used to
잘생기던

Joining clauses

-고and
잘생기고
-게-ly / so that
잘생기게
-어서so / and then
잘생겨서
-으니까since
잘생기니까
-으면if / when
잘생기면
-지만but
잘생기지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
잘생긴데
-어도even if
잘생겨도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

오른쪽에 있는 잘생긴 남자는 제가 아닙니다.

That really handsome guy on the right, that's not me.

착한 데다가 잘생기고 사랑스러운 남자예요. 그리고 힘도 세요.

He's also a kind, good-looking, lovely man, and he's very masculine.

이 잘생긴 친구 좀 봐요

Look at this handsome devil.

그리고 너도 잘생긴 남자지

And you're all fine-looking men.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 잘생기다 in Korean?

잘생기다 (to be handsome) is 잘생겨요 in the polite 해요체, 잘생깁니다 in formal 합니다체, 잘생겨 in casual 반말 and 잘생기다 in the plain written style. The past is 잘생겼어요.

What is the past tense of 잘생기다?

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

Is 잘생기다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 잘생깁니다, 잘생겨, 잘생기니 all keep 잘생기 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 잘생기다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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