질기다

to be tough

TOPIK 5 5급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
질긴
아/어Infinitive
질겨
-으니Since
질기니
합니다Formal
질깁니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 질겨요질깁니다질겨질기다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 질겼어요질겼습니다질겼어질겼다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 질기겠어요질기겠습니다질기겠어질기겠다
-을 것이다Going to 질길 거예요질길 것입니다질길 거야질길 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 질겨요?질깁니까?질겨?질기니?
과거Past 질겼어요?질겼습니까?질겼어?질겼니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 질겨요안 질깁니다안 질겨안 질기다
-지 않다Not (long) 질기지 않아요질기지 않습니다질기지 않아질기지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 질기세요질기십니다질기셔질기시다
과거Past 질기셨어요질기셨습니다질기셨어질기셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
질긴
과거Past
질긴
미래Future
질길
회상Used to
질기던

Joining clauses

-고and
질기고
-게-ly / so that
질기게
-어서so / and then
질겨서
-으니까since
질기니까
-으면if / when
질기면
-지만but
질기지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
질긴데
-어도even if
질겨도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이 질긴 가죽은 칼로도 찢기 힘들다.

The tough hide is difficult to cut, even with a knife.

이제는 질긴 동물 가죽도 찢을 수 있다.

He can now cut through tough animal hide.

사람 살은 질긴 껍질과 같아 더 들어가 봐

The human flesh is a tough shell. Dig in.

무슨 말인가 하면 이런 것들이 버지니아 울프가 고양이 내장처럼 질기다고 말했던 책들 입니다.

I mean, these are books that Virginia Woolf said were tough as cat gut.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 질기다 in Korean?

질기다 (to be tough) is 질겨요 in the polite 해요체, 질깁니다 in formal 합니다체, 질겨 in casual 반말 and 질기다 in the plain written style. The past is 질겼어요.

What is the past tense of 질기다?

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

Is 질기다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 질깁니다, 질겨, 질기니 all keep 질기 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 질기다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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