점잖다

dignified

TOPIK 4 4급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
점잖은
아/어Infinitive
점잖아
-으니Since
점잖으니
합니다Formal
점잖습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 점잖아요점잖습니다점잖아점잖다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 점잖았어요점잖았습니다점잖았어점잖았다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 점잖겠어요점잖겠습니다점잖겠어점잖겠다
-을 것이다Going to 점잖을 거예요점잖을 것입니다점잖을 거야점잖을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 점잖아요?점잖습니까?점잖아?점잖으니?
과거Past 점잖았어요?점잖았습니까?점잖았어?점잖았니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 점잖아요안 점잖습니다안 점잖아안 점잖다
-지 않다Not (long) 점잖지 않아요점잖지 않습니다점잖지 않아점잖지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 점잖으세요점잖으십니다점잖으셔점잖으시다
과거Past 점잖으셨어요점잖으셨습니다점잖으셨어점잖으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
점잖은
과거Past
점잖은
미래Future
점잖을
회상Used to
점잖던

Joining clauses

-고and
점잖고
-게-ly / so that
점잖게
-어서so / and then
점잖아서
-으니까since
점잖으니까
-으면if / when
점잖으면
-지만but
점잖지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
점잖은데
-어도even if
점잖아도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

점잖은 곡 좀 연주해!

Play something gentle!

우린 다 점잖은 사람들이야

We're all decent people here.

내 장남이 대학에 가는데 점잖아 보여야지

First boy of mine to go to college is gonna look respectable.

점잖은 척 얘기하는 건 내 성질하곤 안 맞아

It's just too much to deal with.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 점잖다 in Korean?

점잖다 (dignified) is 점잖아요 in the polite 해요체, 점잖습니다 in formal 합니다체, 점잖아 in casual 반말 and 점잖다 in the plain written style. The past is 점잖았어요.

What is the past tense of 점잖다?

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

Is 점잖다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 점잖습니다, 점잖아, 점잖으니 all keep 점잖 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 점잖다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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