즐기다 Korean verb conjugation

to enjoy

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 즐기다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
즐기는
아/어Infinitive
즐겨
-으니Since
즐기니
합니다Formal
즐깁니다

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.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 즐겨요즐깁니다즐겨즐긴다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 즐겼어요즐겼습니다즐겼어즐겼다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 즐기겠어요즐기겠습니다즐기겠어즐기겠다
-을 것이다Going to 즐길 거예요즐길 것입니다즐길 거야즐길 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 즐겨요?즐깁니까?즐겨?즐기니?
과거Past 즐겼어요?즐겼습니까?즐겼어?즐겼니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 즐기세요즐기십시오즐겨즐겨라
청유Let's 즐겨요즐깁시다즐겨즐기자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 즐겨요안 즐깁니다안 즐겨안 즐긴다
-지 않다Not (long) 즐기지 않아요즐기지 않습니다즐기지 않아즐기지 않는다
Cannot 못 즐겨요못 즐깁니다못 즐겨못 즐긴다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 즐기세요즐기십니다즐기셔즐기신다
과거Past 즐기셨어요즐기셨습니다즐기셨어즐기셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
즐기는
과거Past
즐긴
미래Future
즐길
회상Used to
즐기던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
즐기고
-게-ly / so that
즐기게
-어서so / and then
즐겨서
-으니까since
즐기니까
-으면if / when
즐기면
-지만but
즐기지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
즐기는데
-어도even if
즐겨도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 즐기고 있어요즐기고 있습니다즐기고 있어즐기고 있다
과거Was doing 즐기고 있었어요즐기고 있었습니다즐기고 있었어즐기고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

제 딸은 운동을 즐깁니다.

My daughter is athletic.

저는 그 상황을 즐기고 있었죠.

And I was kind of having fun.

먹고 마시고 즐깁시다.

Let's eat, drink, and be merry.

어린 두 아들한테 책도 즐겨 읽어 줬죠.

And I loved reading to my two sons when they were small, too.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 즐기다 in Korean?

즐기다 (to enjoy) is 즐겨요 in the polite 해요체, 즐깁니다 in formal 합니다체, 즐겨 in casual 반말 and 즐긴다 in the plain written style. The past is 즐겼어요.

What is the past tense of 즐기다?

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

Is 즐기다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 즐깁니다, 즐겨, 즐기니 all keep 즐기 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 즐기다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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