찜찜하다
to feel emotionally awkward
Principal parts
- 관형사형Modifier
- 찜찜한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 찜찜해
- -으니Since
- 찜찜하니
- 합니다Formal
- 찜찜합니다
Present
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 찜찜해요 | 찜찜합니다 | 찜찜해 | 찜찜하다 |
Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 찜찜했어요 | 찜찜했습니다 | 찜찜했어 | 찜찜했다 |
Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 찜찜하겠어요 | 찜찜하겠습니다 | 찜찜하겠어 | 찜찜하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 찜찜할 거예요 | 찜찜할 것입니다 | 찜찜할 거야 | 찜찜할 것이다 |
Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 찜찜해요? | 찜찜합니까? | 찜찜해? | 찜찜하니? |
| 과거Past | 찜찜했어요? | 찜찜했습니까? | 찜찜했어? | 찜찜했니? |
Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 찜찜해요 | 안 찜찜합니다 | 안 찜찜해 | 안 찜찜하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 찜찜하지 않아요 | 찜찜하지 않습니다 | 찜찜하지 않아 | 찜찜하지 않다 |
Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 찜찜하세요 | 찜찜하십니다 | 찜찜하셔 | 찜찜하시다 |
| 과거Past | 찜찜하셨어요 | 찜찜하셨습니다 | 찜찜하셨어 | 찜찜하셨다 |
Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 찜찜한
- 과거Past
- 찜찜한
- 미래Future
- 찜찜할
- 회상Used to
- 찜찜하던
Joining clauses
- -고and
- 찜찜하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 찜찜하게
- -어서so / and then
- 찜찜해서
- -으니까since
- 찜찜하니까
- -으면if / when
- 찜찜하면
- -지만but
- 찜찜하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 찜찜한데
- -어도even if
- 찜찜해도
Sentence patterns
- 1이 2가 찜찜하다
In real sentences
하, 진짜 찜찜하네
This feels wrong.
아, 왜 찜찜하지?
Why do I get such a bad feeling?
근데 뭔가 찜찜했어
It just didn't feel right.
아직도 찜찜한 거지?
You still feel weird.
Common questions
How do you conjugate 찜찜하다 in Korean?
찜찜하다 (to feel emotionally awkward) is 찜찜해요 in the polite 해요체, 찜찜합니다 in formal 합니다체, 찜찜해 in casual 반말 and 찜찜하다 in the plain written style. The past is 찜찜했어요.
What is the past tense of 찜찜하다?
찜찜했어요 in everyday polite speech, 찜찜했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 찜찜하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 찜찜하다 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 찜찜하여 and 찜찜하니 but unchanged in 찜찜합니다.
What TOPIK level is 찜찜하다?
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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