젊다

to be young

TOPIK 2 2급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
젊은
아/어Infinitive
젊어
-으니Since
젊으니
합니다Formal
젊습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 젊어요젊습니다젊어젊다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 젊었어요젊었습니다젊었어젊었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 젊겠어요젊겠습니다젊겠어젊겠다
-을 것이다Going to 젊을 거예요젊을 것입니다젊을 거야젊을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 젊어요?젊습니까?젊어?젊으니?
과거Past 젊었어요?젊었습니까?젊었어?젊었니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 젊어요안 젊습니다안 젊어안 젊다
-지 않다Not (long) 젊지 않아요젊지 않습니다젊지 않아젊지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 젊으세요젊으십니다젊으셔젊으시다
과거Past 젊으셨어요젊으셨습니다젊으셨어젊으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
젊은
과거Past
젊은
미래Future
젊을
회상Used to
젊던

Joining clauses

-고and
젊고
-게-ly / so that
젊게
-어서so / and then
젊어서
-으니까since
젊으니까
-으면if / when
젊으면
-지만but
젊지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
젊은데
-어도even if
젊어도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

내가 더 젊었으면 좋겠어.

I wish I were younger.

젊은 여성들부터 나이든 여성들까지 모두 나와있어.

From Yemen, @al3ini shares this photograph which shows thousands of people in the capital Sanaa:

나는 더 이상 젊지 않다.

I'm not young anymore.

이 젊은 여성은 바로 접니다.

This young woman was me.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 젊다 in Korean?

젊다 (to be young) is 젊어요 in the polite 해요체, 젊습니다 in formal 합니다체, 젊어 in casual 반말 and 젊다 in the plain written style. The past is 젊었어요.

What is the past tense of 젊다?

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

Is 젊다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 젊습니다, 젊어, 젊으니 all keep 젊 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 젊다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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