잠그다 Korean verb conjugation

to lock

Every form of 잠그다 across the four speech levels. It is 으 irregular — The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
잠그는
아/어Infinitive
잠가
-으니Since
잠그니
합니다Formal
잠급니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잠가요잠급니다잠가잠근다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잠갔어요잠갔습니다잠갔어잠갔다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 잠그겠어요잠그겠습니다잠그겠어잠그겠다
-을 것이다Going to 잠글 거예요잠글 것입니다잠글 거야잠글 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잠가요?잠급니까?잠가?잠그니?
과거Past 잠갔어요?잠갔습니까?잠갔어?잠갔니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 잠그세요잠그십시오잠가잠가라
청유Let's 잠가요잠급시다잠가잠그자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 잠가요안 잠급니다안 잠가안 잠근다
-지 않다Not (long) 잠그지 않아요잠그지 않습니다잠그지 않아잠그지 않는다
Cannot 못 잠가요못 잠급니다못 잠가못 잠근다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잠그세요잠그십니다잠그셔잠그신다
과거Past 잠그셨어요잠그셨습니다잠그셨어잠그셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
잠그는
과거Past
잠근
미래Future
잠글
회상Used to
잠그던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
잠그고
-게-ly / so that
잠그게
-어서so / and then
잠가서
-으니까since
잠그니까
-으면if / when
잠그면
-지만but
잠그지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
잠그는데
-어도even if
잠가도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 잠그고 있어요잠그고 있습니다잠그고 있어잠그고 있다
과거Was doing 잠그고 있었어요잠그고 있었습니다잠그고 있었어잠그고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

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

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

문 꼭 잠그고 자

Just, keep your door locked.

나 대신 문 잠가

Lock up for me.

우린 문을 잠가야 돼

We should lock the door. What?

문을 네가 안 잠갔어

You didn't lock the door.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 잠그다 in Korean?

잠그다 (to lock) is 잠가요 in the polite 해요체, 잠급니다 in formal 합니다체, 잠가 in casual 반말 and 잠근다 in the plain written style. The past is 잠갔어요.

What is the past tense of 잠그다?

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

Is 잠그다 irregular?

Yes — it is 으 irregular (으 불규칙). The stem 으 drops before a vowel ending: 쓰다 → 써요. That is why the stem looks different in 잠가 and 잠그니 but unchanged in 잠급니다.

What TOPIK level is 잠그다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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