지지다 Korean verb conjugation

to crimple, frizz, curl one`s hair

Every form of 지지다 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
지지는
아/어Infinitive
지져
-으니Since
지지니
합니다Formal
지집니다

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 지져요지집니다지져지진다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 지졌어요지졌습니다지졌어지졌다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 지지겠어요지지겠습니다지지겠어지지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 지질 거예요지질 것입니다지질 거야지질 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 지져요?지집니까?지져?지지니?
과거Past 지졌어요?지졌습니까?지졌어?지졌니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 지지세요지지십시오지져지져라
청유Let's 지져요지집시다지져지지자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 지져요안 지집니다안 지져안 지진다
-지 않다Not (long) 지지지 않아요지지지 않습니다지지지 않아지지지 않는다
Cannot 못 지져요못 지집니다못 지져못 지진다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 지지세요지지십니다지지셔지지신다
과거Past 지지셨어요지지셨습니다지지셨어지지셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
지지는
과거Past
지진
미래Future
지질
회상Used to
지지던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
지지고
-게-ly / so that
지지게
-어서so / and then
지져서
-으니까since
지지니까
-으면if / when
지지면
-지만but
지지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
지지는데
-어도even if
지져도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 지지고 있어요지지고 있습니다지지고 있어지지고 있다
과거Was doing 지지고 있었어요지지고 있었습니다지지고 있었어지지고 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.

산으로 피부를 지져버렸어.

Skin meets acid: "Ahhhhhhh!"

그렇겠지 댁이 도와주면 장을 지진다

No, of course you're not at liberty to.

그녀가 아니라면 내 손에 장을 지지겠다

Well, if she's not, then I want the name of her surgeon.

하지만 고환을 지진다고 입을 열진 않겠죠

Yeah, but you can't torch a man's scrotum and expect him to speak.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 지지다 in Korean?

지지다 (to crimple, frizz, curl one`s hair) is 지져요 in the polite 해요체, 지집니다 in formal 합니다체, 지져 in casual 반말 and 지진다 in the plain written style. The past is 지졌어요.

What is the past tense of 지지다?

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

Is 지지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 지집니다, 지져, 지지니 all keep 지지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 지지다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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