짖다

to bark

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
짖는
아/어Infinitive
짖어
-으니Since
짖으니
합니다Formal
짖습니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 짖어요짖습니다짖어짖는다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 짖었어요짖었습니다짖었어짖었다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 짖겠어요짖겠습니다짖겠어짖겠다
-을 것이다Going to 짖을 거예요짖을 것입니다짖을 거야짖을 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 짖어요?짖습니까?짖어?짖니?
과거Past 짖었어요?짖었습니까?짖었어?짖었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 짖으세요짖으십시오짖어짖어라
청유Let's 짖어요짖읍시다짖어짖자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 짖어요안 짖습니다안 짖어안 짖는다
-지 않다Not (long) 짖지 않아요짖지 않습니다짖지 않아짖지 않는다
못Cannot 못 짖어요못 짖습니다못 짖어못 짖는다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 짖으세요짖으십니다짖으셔짖으신다
과거Past 짖으셨어요짖으셨습니다짖으셨어짖으셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
짖는
과거Past
짖은
미래Future
짖을
회상Used to
짖던

Joining clauses

-고and
짖고
-게-ly / so that
짖게
-어서so / and then
짖어서
-으니까since
짖으니까
-으면if / when
짖으면
-지만but
짖지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
짖는데
-어도even if
짖어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 짖고 있어요짖고 있습니다짖고 있어짖고 있다
과거Was doing 짖고 있었어요짖고 있었습니다짖고 있었어짖고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

개는 잘 짖는 다고 좋은 개가 아니다.

A dog who is a good barker is not a good dog.

개가 짖는 걸 멈췄어.

The dog stopped barking.

시민들은 그를 짖는 개라는 의미로 키온이라 불렀습니다.

The citizens called him a kyôn— a barking dog.

다 따라 짖는단 말야

You're gonna start a howl.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 짖다 in Korean?

짖다 (to bark) is 짖어요 in the polite 해요체, 짖습니다 in formal 합니다체, 짖어 in casual 반말 and 짖는다 in the plain written style. The past is 짖었어요.

What is the past tense of 짖다?

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

Is 짖다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 짖습니다, 짖어, 짖으니 all keep 짖 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 짖다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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