잠기다

to be locked

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
잠기는
아/어Infinitive
잠겨
-으니Since
잠기니
합니다Formal
잠깁니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잠겨요잠깁니다잠겨잠긴다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잠겼어요잠겼습니다잠겼어잠겼다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 잠기겠어요잠기겠습니다잠기겠어잠기겠다
-을 것이다Going to 잠길 거예요잠길 것입니다잠길 거야잠길 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잠겨요?잠깁니까?잠겨?잠기니?
과거Past 잠겼어요?잠겼습니까?잠겼어?잠겼니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 잠기세요잠기십시오잠겨잠겨라
청유Let's 잠겨요잠깁시다잠겨잠기자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 잠겨요안 잠깁니다안 잠겨안 잠긴다
-지 않다Not (long) 잠기지 않아요잠기지 않습니다잠기지 않아잠기지 않는다
못Cannot 못 잠겨요못 잠깁니다못 잠겨못 잠긴다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잠기세요잠기십니다잠기셔잠기신다
과거Past 잠기셨어요잠기셨습니다잠기셨어잠기셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
잠기는
과거Past
잠긴
미래Future
잠길
회상Used to
잠기던

Joining clauses

-고and
잠기고
-게-ly / so that
잠기게
-어서so / and then
잠겨서
-으니까since
잠기니까
-으면if / when
잠기면
-지만but
잠기지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
잠기는데
-어도even if
잠겨도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 잠기고 있어요잠기고 있습니다잠기고 있어잠기고 있다
과거Was doing 잠기고 있었어요잠기고 있었습니다잠기고 있었어잠기고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

그것은 물 속에 잠겨있다.

It is in the water.

문을 열어보았지만, 잠겨있었어요.

When I wriggled free, I tried to open the door, but it was locked.

기름에 잠기면 HASEL은 보이지 않도록 만들어졌습니다.

When submerged in oil, HASEL artificial muscles can be made invisible.

혼자 앉아 생각에 잠겼습니다. 동료들과 학생들이 걱정되었습니다.

I sat alone in my thoughts, worried about my colleagues and students.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 잠기다 in Korean?

잠기다 (to be locked) is 잠겨요 in the polite 해요체, 잠깁니다 in formal 합니다체, 잠겨 in casual 반말 and 잠긴다 in the plain written style. The past is 잠겼어요.

What is the past tense of 잠기다?

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

Is 잠기다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 잠깁니다, 잠겨, 잠기니 all keep 잠기 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 잠기다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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