찡하다

to be choked up

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
찡하는
아/어Infinitive
찡해
-으니Since
찡하니
합니다Formal
찡합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 찡해요찡합니다찡해찡한다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 찡했어요찡했습니다찡했어찡했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 찡하겠어요찡하겠습니다찡하겠어찡하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 찡할 거예요찡할 것입니다찡할 거야찡할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찡해요?찡합니까?찡해?찡하니?
과거Past 찡했어요?찡했습니까?찡했어?찡했니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 찡하세요찡하십시오찡해찡해라
청유Let's 찡해요찡합시다찡해찡하자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 찡해요안 찡합니다안 찡해안 찡한다
-지 않다Not (long) 찡하지 않아요찡하지 않습니다찡하지 않아찡하지 않는다
못Cannot 못 찡해요못 찡합니다못 찡해못 찡한다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 찡하세요찡하십니다찡하셔찡하신다
과거Past 찡하셨어요찡하셨습니다찡하셨어찡하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
찡하는
과거Past
찡한
미래Future
찡할
회상Used to
찡하던

Joining clauses

-고and
찡하고
-게-ly / so that
찡하게
-어서so / and then
찡해서
-으니까since
찡하니까
-으면if / when
찡하면
-지만but
찡하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
찡하는데
-어도even if
찡해도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 찡하고 있어요찡하고 있습니다찡하고 있어찡하고 있다
과거Was doing 찡하고 있었어요찡하고 있었습니다찡하고 있었어찡하고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

Paul Allman: 마치 영혼에게 속삭이는 듯한 착각이 든다고 할까요. 듣다 보면 가슴이 찡한 느낌이에요.

Paul Allman: I think this instrument talks to your soul, and when it hits certain notes you actually feel it inside.

정말 마음이 아팠어요. 펭귄들은 부러진 다리로 해변에 필사적으로 오르려하고 피까지 흘리는데, 정말 마음이 찡했어요.

I mean, they're trying so hard to get up the beach with broken legs and bleeding and very, you know, sobering, really.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 찡하다 in Korean?

찡하다 (to be choked up) is 찡해요 in the polite 해요체, 찡합니다 in formal 합니다체, 찡해 in casual 반말 and 찡한다 in the plain written style. The past is 찡했어요.

What is the past tense of 찡하다?

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

Is 찡하다 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 찡하여 and 찡하니 but unchanged in 찡합니다.

What TOPIK level is 찡하다?

5급 — TOPIK 5, advanced.

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