잠잠하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be quiet, still
Every form of 잠잠하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 잠잠한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 잠잠해
- -으니Since
- 잠잠하니
- 합니다Formal
- 잠잠합니다
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 | 잠잠해요 | 잠잠합니다 | 잠잠해 | 잠잠하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 잠잠했어요 | 잠잠했습니다 | 잠잠했어 | 잠잠했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 잠잠하겠어요 | 잠잠하겠습니다 | 잠잠하겠어 | 잠잠하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 잠잠할 거예요 | 잠잠할 것입니다 | 잠잠할 거야 | 잠잠할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 잠잠해요? | 잠잠합니까? | 잠잠해? | 잠잠하니? |
| 과거Past | 잠잠했어요? | 잠잠했습니까? | 잠잠했어? | 잠잠했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 잠잠해요 | 안 잠잠합니다 | 안 잠잠해 | 안 잠잠하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 잠잠하지 않아요 | 잠잠하지 않습니다 | 잠잠하지 않아 | 잠잠하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 잠잠하세요 | 잠잠하십니다 | 잠잠하셔 | 잠잠하시다 |
| 과거Past | 잠잠하셨어요 | 잠잠하셨습니다 | 잠잠하셨어 | 잠잠하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 잠잠한
- 과거Past
- 잠잠한
- 미래Future
- 잠잠할
- 회상Used to
- 잠잠하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 잠잠하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 잠잠하게
- -어서so / and then
- 잠잠해서
- -으니까since
- 잠잠하니까
- -으면if / when
- 잠잠하면
- -지만but
- 잠잠하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 잠잠한데
- -어도even if
- 잠잠해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 잠잠하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
결국은 잠잠해졌죠.
Eventually the dust settled.
오바마가 잠잠해 졌으면 한다.
Hoping Barack Obama's gone to sleep.
잠잠해질 때까지 파나마에 있겠어
I'll be in Panama until this blows over.
왕을 잡아먹으며 말들이 잠잠해지자 헤라클레스는 말들을 제압했습니다.
The ensuing feast calmed the beasts enough for Hercules to bind their mouths.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 잠잠하다 in Korean?
잠잠하다 (to be quiet, still) is 잠잠해요 in the polite 해요체, 잠잠합니다 in formal 합니다체, 잠잠해 in casual 반말 and 잠잠하다 in the plain written style. The past is 잠잠했어요.
What is the past tense of 잠잠하다?
잠잠했어요 in everyday polite speech, 잠잠했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 잠잠하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 잠잠하다 irregular?
Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 잠잠하여 and 잠잠하니 but unchanged in 잠잠합니다.
What TOPIK level is 잠잠하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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