잦다

to be frequent

TOPIK 5 5급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
잦은
아/어Infinitive
잦아
-으니Since
잦으니
합니다Formal
잦습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잦아요잦습니다잦아잦다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잦았어요잦았습니다잦았어잦았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 잦겠어요잦겠습니다잦겠어잦겠다
-을 것이다Going to 잦을 거예요잦을 것입니다잦을 거야잦을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잦아요?잦습니까?잦아?잦으니?
과거Past 잦았어요?잦았습니까?잦았어?잦았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 잦아요안 잦습니다안 잦아안 잦다
-지 않다Not (long) 잦지 않아요잦지 않습니다잦지 않아잦지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잦으세요잦으십니다잦으셔잦으시다
과거Past 잦으셨어요잦으셨습니다잦으셨어잦으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
잦은
과거Past
잦은
미래Future
잦을
회상Used to
잦던

Joining clauses

-고and
잦고
-게-ly / so that
잦게
-어서so / and then
잦아서
-으니까since
잦으니까
-으면if / when
잦으면
-지만but
잦지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
잦은데
-어도even if
잦아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

날씨 때문에 지각이 잦을 것으로 보입니다

The weather caused 32 people to be late for work.

진통이 좀 잦네

It shouldn't be this frequent.

하지만 그들 또한 잦은 급습을 예방하기 위해 경찰관들에게 뇌물을 주었다.

However, they also paid off police to prevent frequent raids.

그러나 갈등은 잦아 들었고, 지도자들은 쿠데타의 기세를 꺾었어요.

But they came down, and our leaders even managed to dampen some coups.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 잦다 in Korean?

잦다 (to be frequent) is 잦아요 in the polite 해요체, 잦습니다 in formal 합니다체, 잦아 in casual 반말 and 잦다 in the plain written style. The past is 잦았어요.

What is the past tense of 잦다?

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

Is 잦다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 잦습니다, 잦아, 잦으니 all keep 잦 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 잦다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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