짜다

to squeeze, to press

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
짜는
아/어Infinitive
짜
-으니Since
짜니
합니다Formal
짭니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 짜요짭니다짜짠다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 짰어요짰습니다짰어짰다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 짜겠어요짜겠습니다짜겠어짜겠다
-을 것이다Going to 짤 거예요짤 것입니다짤 거야짤 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 짜요?짭니까?짜?짜니?
과거Past 짰어요?짰습니까?짰어?짰니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 짜세요짜십시오짜짜라
청유Let's 짜요짭시다짜짜자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 짜요안 짭니다안 짜안 짠다
-지 않다Not (long) 짜지 않아요짜지 않습니다짜지 않아짜지 않는다
못Cannot 못 짜요못 짭니다못 짜못 짠다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 짜세요짜십니다짜셔짜신다
과거Past 짜셨어요짜셨습니다짜셨어짜셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
짜는
과거Past
짠
미래Future
짤
회상Used to
짜던

Joining clauses

-고and
짜고
-게-ly / so that
짜게
-어서so / and then
짜서
-으니까since
짜니까
-으면if / when
짜면
-지만but
짜지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
짜는데
-어도even if
짜도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 짜고 있어요짜고 있습니다짜고 있어짜고 있다
과거Was doing 짜고 있었어요짜고 있었습니다짜고 있었어짜고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

이 국 너무 짜요.

This soup is too salty.

톰은 계획을 새로 짜야 해.

Tom needs a new plan.

병사들은 함께 모여서 계획을 짰어요.

The musketeers huddled and formulated a plan.

다행히 그들은 돌아왔고, 다시 대형을 짰습니다.

They all came back. I put them all back up in the tree.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 짜다 in Korean?

짜다 (to squeeze, to press) is 짜요 in the polite 해요체, 짭니다 in formal 합니다체, 짜 in casual 반말 and 짠다 in the plain written style. The past is 짰어요.

What is the past tense of 짜다?

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

Is 짜다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 짭니다, 짜, 짜니 all keep 짜 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 짜다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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