잔잔하다

to be calm

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
잔잔한
아/어Infinitive
잔잔해
-으니Since
잔잔하니
합니다Formal
잔잔합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잔잔해요잔잔합니다잔잔해잔잔하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잔잔했어요잔잔했습니다잔잔했어잔잔했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 잔잔하겠어요잔잔하겠습니다잔잔하겠어잔잔하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 잔잔할 거예요잔잔할 것입니다잔잔할 거야잔잔할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잔잔해요?잔잔합니까?잔잔해?잔잔하니?
과거Past 잔잔했어요?잔잔했습니까?잔잔했어?잔잔했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 잔잔해요안 잔잔합니다안 잔잔해안 잔잔하다
-지 않다Not (long) 잔잔하지 않아요잔잔하지 않습니다잔잔하지 않아잔잔하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잔잔하세요잔잔하십니다잔잔하셔잔잔하시다
과거Past 잔잔하셨어요잔잔하셨습니다잔잔하셨어잔잔하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
잔잔한
과거Past
잔잔한
미래Future
잔잔할
회상Used to
잔잔하던

Joining clauses

-고and
잔잔하고
-게-ly / so that
잔잔하게
-어서so / and then
잔잔해서
-으니까since
잔잔하니까
-으면if / when
잔잔하면
-지만but
잔잔하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
잔잔한데
-어도even if
잔잔해도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

잔잔한 게 정말 예뻐요

It's kind of calm. Real pretty.

하루는 맑고 바다도 잔잔해서 배에서 내릴 기회가 있었습니다.

One day where we had calm seas and sun, which was the reason I could get off the ship.

여러분이 잔잔한 해류의 바다에 있다고 합시다.

You're out at sea, at the mercy of ocean currents.

전체가 복숭아와 소나무, 그리고 잔잔한 색으로 되어 있었죠.

It's all peach and pine and calming colors.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 잔잔하다 in Korean?

잔잔하다 (to be calm) is 잔잔해요 in the polite 해요체, 잔잔합니다 in formal 합니다체, 잔잔해 in casual 반말 and 잔잔하다 in the plain written style. The past is 잔잔했어요.

What is the past tense of 잔잔하다?

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

Is 잔잔하다 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 잔잔하여 and 잔잔하니 but unchanged in 잔잔합니다.

What TOPIK level is 잔잔하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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