저렇다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be like that (over there)
Every form of 저렇다 across the four speech levels. It is ㅎ irregular — ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 저런
- 아/어Infinitive
- 저래
- -으니Since
- 저러니
- 합니다Formal
- 저렇습니다
현재Present
The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 저래요 | 저렇습니다 | 저래 | 저렇다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 저랬어요 | 저랬습니다 | 저랬어 | 저랬다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 저렇겠어요 | 저렇겠습니다 | 저렇겠어 | 저렇겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 저럴 거예요 | 저럴 것입니다 | 저럴 거야 | 저럴 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 저래요? | 저렇습니까? | 저래? | 저러니? |
| 과거Past | 저랬어요? | 저랬습니까? | 저랬어? | 저랬니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 저래요 | 안 저렇습니다 | 안 저래 | 안 저렇다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 저렇지 않아요 | 저렇지 않습니다 | 저렇지 않아 | 저렇지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 저러세요 | 저러십니다 | 저러셔 | 저러시다 |
| 과거Past | 저러셨어요 | 저러셨습니다 | 저러셨어 | 저러셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 저런
- 과거Past
- 저런
- 미래Future
- 저럴
- 회상Used to
- 저렇던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 저렇고
- -게-ly / so that
- 저렇게
- -어서so / and then
- 저래서
- -으니까since
- 저러니까
- -으면if / when
- 저러면
- -지만but
- 저렇지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 저런데
- -어도even if
- 저래도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 저렇다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
전 저렇게 놓인 것을 무척 좋아합니다.
But I quite love the way it's posed.
왜 저렇게 천천히 가는지 알 수 없어 답답하죠.
It's frustrating because you can't really see why they're driving so slow.
이래라 저래라 하지 마세요.
Do not tell me what to do.
저는 와서 그저 저렇게 감독만 합니다.
I came to speak to you like that.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 저렇다 in Korean?
저렇다 (to be like that (over there)) is 저래요 in the polite 해요체, 저렇습니다 in formal 합니다체, 저래 in casual 반말 and 저렇다 in the plain written style. The past is 저랬어요.
What is the past tense of 저렇다?
저랬어요 in everyday polite speech, 저랬습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 저래 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 저렇다 irregular?
Yes — it is ㅎ irregular (ㅎ 불규칙). ㅎ drops and the vowel changes: 그렇다 → 그래요. That is why the stem looks different in 저래 and 저러니 but unchanged in 저렇습니다.
What TOPIK level is 저렇다?
2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.
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