짭짤하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be slightly salty
Every form of 짭짤하다 across the four speech levels. It is 여 irregular — 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요.
기본형Principal parts
The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.
- 관형사형Modifier
- 짭짤한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 짭짤해
- -으니Since
- 짭짤하니
- 합니다Formal
- 짭짤합니다
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.
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 짭짤해요 | 짭짤합니다 | 짭짤해 | 짭짤하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 짭짤했어요 | 짭짤했습니다 | 짭짤했어 | 짭짤했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 짭짤하겠어요 | 짭짤하겠습니다 | 짭짤하겠어 | 짭짤하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 짭짤할 거예요 | 짭짤할 것입니다 | 짭짤할 거야 | 짭짤할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 짭짤해요? | 짭짤합니까? | 짭짤해? | 짭짤하니? |
| 과거Past | 짭짤했어요? | 짭짤했습니까? | 짭짤했어? | 짭짤했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 짭짤해요 | 안 짭짤합니다 | 안 짭짤해 | 안 짭짤하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 짭짤하지 않아요 | 짭짤하지 않습니다 | 짭짤하지 않아 | 짭짤하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 짭짤하세요 | 짭짤하십니다 | 짭짤하셔 | 짭짤하시다 |
| 과거Past | 짭짤하셨어요 | 짭짤하셨습니다 | 짭짤하셨어 | 짭짤하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 짭짤한
- 과거Past
- 짭짤한
- 미래Future
- 짭짤할
- 회상Used to
- 짭짤하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 짭짤하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 짭짤하게
- -어서so / and then
- 짭짤해서
- -으니까since
- 짭짤하니까
- -으면if / when
- 짭짤하면
- -지만but
- 짭짤하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 짭짤한데
- -어도even if
- 짭짤해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 짭짤하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
그리고 여기서 돈을 벌지 짭짤하게 말이야
And they making money in here. Good-ass money. I want you to get in on this.
단 것만 먹었더니 짭짤한 게 먹고 싶어지네
I've had only sweets and I'm gonna get something salty.
짭짤한 뒷맛을 좋아하거든요
She loves a salty aftertaste. No.
수입이 짭짤했군요
That sounds like a good day's work.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 짭짤하다 in Korean?
짭짤하다 (to be slightly salty) is 짭짤해요 in the polite 해요체, 짭짤합니다 in formal 합니다체, 짭짤해 in casual 반말 and 짭짤하다 in the plain written style. The past is 짭짤했어요.
What is the past tense of 짭짤하다?
짭짤했어요 in everyday polite speech, 짭짤했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 짭짤하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 짭짤하다 irregular?
Yes — it is 여 irregular (여 불규칙). 하다 and every verb built on it: 하다 → 하여 → 해요. That is why the stem looks different in 짭짤하여 and 짭짤하니 but unchanged in 짭짤합니다.
What TOPIK level is 짭짤하다?
5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.
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