적잖다

a lot of

TOPIK 6 6급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
적잖은
아/어Infinitive
적잖아
-으니Since
적잖으니
합니다Formal
적잖습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 적잖아요적잖습니다적잖아적잖다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 적잖았어요적잖았습니다적잖았어적잖았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 적잖겠어요적잖겠습니다적잖겠어적잖겠다
-을 것이다Going to 적잖을 거예요적잖을 것입니다적잖을 거야적잖을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 적잖아요?적잖습니까?적잖아?적잖으니?
과거Past 적잖았어요?적잖았습니까?적잖았어?적잖았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 적잖아요안 적잖습니다안 적잖아안 적잖다
-지 않다Not (long) 적잖지 않아요적잖지 않습니다적잖지 않아적잖지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 적잖으세요적잖으십니다적잖으셔적잖으시다
과거Past 적잖으셨어요적잖으셨습니다적잖으셨어적잖으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
적잖은
과거Past
적잖은
미래Future
적잖을
회상Used to
적잖던

Joining clauses

-고and
적잖고
-게-ly / so that
적잖게
-어서so / and then
적잖아서
-으니까since
적잖으니까
-으면if / when
적잖으면
-지만but
적잖지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
적잖은데
-어도even if
적잖아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

도움이 될 때도 있지만 그 반대도 적지 않습니다.

Some of it's helpful. A lot of it's kind of reversed.

그 밖에 라틴어의 저작도 적지 않다.

There is nothing left of Laton.

그리고 정말 괜찮은 소송이라구 보수도 적지 않게 나올 거야

Besides that, this is a pretty good case here, and you're probably going to get paid.

그것이 적지 않게 위계가 부여된 화성이다.

It is the undifferentiated Ocean of Being.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 적잖다 in Korean?

적잖다 (a lot of) is 적잖아요 in the polite 해요체, 적잖습니다 in formal 합니다체, 적잖아 in casual 반말 and 적잖다 in the plain written style. The past is 적잖았어요.

What is the past tense of 적잖다?

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

Is 적잖다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 적잖습니다, 적잖아, 적잖으니 all keep 적잖 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 적잖다?

6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.

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