장난치다

to play a joke on

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
장난치는
아/어Infinitive
장난쳐
-으니Since
장난치니
합니다Formal
장난칩니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 장난쳐요장난칩니다장난쳐장난친다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 장난쳤어요장난쳤습니다장난쳤어장난쳤다

Future & presumptive

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

Questions

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

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 장난치세요장난치십시오장난쳐장난쳐라
청유Let's 장난쳐요장난칩시다장난쳐장난치자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 장난쳐요안 장난칩니다안 장난쳐안 장난친다
-지 않다Not (long) 장난치지 않아요장난치지 않습니다장난치지 않아장난치지 않는다
못Cannot 못 장난쳐요못 장난칩니다못 장난쳐못 장난친다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 장난치세요장난치십니다장난치셔장난치신다
과거Past 장난치셨어요장난치셨습니다장난치셨어장난치셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
장난치는
과거Past
장난친
미래Future
장난칠
회상Used to
장난치던

Joining 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

In progress

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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

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.

Common 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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