장난치다 Korean verb conjugation

to play a joke on

Every form of 장난치다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

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

관형사형Modifier
장난치는
아/어Infinitive
장난쳐
-으니Since
장난치니
합니다Formal
장난칩니다

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 장난쳐요장난칩니다장난쳐장난친다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 장난쳤어요장난쳤습니다장난쳤어장난쳤다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 장난치겠어요장난치겠습니다장난치겠어장난치겠다
-을 것이다Going to 장난칠 거예요장난칠 것입니다장난칠 거야장난칠 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 장난쳐요?장난칩니까?장난쳐?장난치니?
과거Past 장난쳤어요?장난쳤습니까?장난쳤어?장난쳤니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 장난치세요장난치십시오장난쳐장난쳐라
청유Let's 장난쳐요장난칩시다장난쳐장난치자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 장난쳐요안 장난칩니다안 장난쳐안 장난친다
-지 않다Not (long) 장난치지 않아요장난치지 않습니다장난치지 않아장난치지 않는다
Cannot 못 장난쳐요못 장난칩니다못 장난쳐못 장난친다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 장난치세요장난치십니다장난치셔장난치신다
과거Past 장난치셨어요장난치셨습니다장난치셨어장난치셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
장난치는
과거Past
장난친
미래Future
장난칠
회상Used to
장난치던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
장난치고
-게-ly / so that
장난치게
-어서so / and then
장난쳐서
-으니까since
장난치니까
-으면if / when
장난치면
-지만but
장난치지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
장난치는데
-어도even if
장난쳐도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 장난치고 있어요장난치고 있습니다장난치고 있어장난치고 있다
과거Was doing 장난치고 있었어요장난치고 있었습니다장난치고 있었어장난치고 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.

이번엔 장난치지 마시구요. 예, 섞으세요.

No messing around this time. OK, go ahead, mix them up.

음식 갖고 장난치지 마라

Stop playing with your food.

그게 그냥 장난쳤던 거라고?

You were playing with me?

너 있는 거 보고 장난친 거야

I saw you. It was a joke.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 장난치다 in Korean?

장난치다 (to play a joke on) is 장난쳐요 in the polite 해요체, 장난칩니다 in formal 합니다체, 장난쳐 in casual 반말 and 장난친다 in the plain written style. The past is 장난쳤어요.

What is the past tense of 장난치다?

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

Is 장난치다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 장난칩니다, 장난쳐, 장난치니 all keep 장난치 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 장난치다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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Conjugations are generated by this site's own engine and checked against the 9,380 forms the dictionary publishes on every build.