줄기차다
continuous, unrelenting
Principal parts
- 관형사형Modifier
- 줄기찬
- 아/어Infinitive
- 줄기차
- -으니Since
- 줄기차니
- 합니다Formal
- 줄기찹니다
Present
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 줄기차요 | 줄기찹니다 | 줄기차 | 줄기차다 |
Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 줄기찼어요 | 줄기찼습니다 | 줄기찼어 | 줄기찼다 |
Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 줄기차겠어요 | 줄기차겠습니다 | 줄기차겠어 | 줄기차겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 줄기찰 거예요 | 줄기찰 것입니다 | 줄기찰 거야 | 줄기찰 것이다 |
Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 줄기차요? | 줄기찹니까? | 줄기차? | 줄기차니? |
| 과거Past | 줄기찼어요? | 줄기찼습니까? | 줄기찼어? | 줄기찼니? |
Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 줄기차요 | 안 줄기찹니다 | 안 줄기차 | 안 줄기차다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 줄기차지 않아요 | 줄기차지 않습니다 | 줄기차지 않아 | 줄기차지 않다 |
Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 줄기차세요 | 줄기차십니다 | 줄기차셔 | 줄기차시다 |
| 과거Past | 줄기차셨어요 | 줄기차셨습니다 | 줄기차셨어 | 줄기차셨다 |
Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 줄기찬
- 과거Past
- 줄기찬
- 미래Future
- 줄기찰
- 회상Used to
- 줄기차던
Joining clauses
- -고and
- 줄기차고
- -게-ly / so that
- 줄기차게
- -어서so / and then
- 줄기차서
- -으니까since
- 줄기차니까
- -으면if / when
- 줄기차면
- -지만but
- 줄기차지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 줄기찬데
- -어도even if
- 줄기차도
Sentence patterns
- 1이 줄기차다
In real sentences
줄기차게 쏟아지는 비 때문에 하루 종일 아무 데도 나가지 못했다.
I couldn't go out all day because of the pouring rain.
Common questions
How do you conjugate 줄기차다 in Korean?
줄기차다 (continuous, unrelenting) is 줄기차요 in the polite 해요체, 줄기찹니다 in formal 합니다체, 줄기차 in casual 반말 and 줄기차다 in the plain written style. The past is 줄기찼어요.
What is the past tense of 줄기차다?
줄기찼어요 in everyday polite speech, 줄기찼습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 줄기차 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 줄기차다 a regular verb?
Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 줄기찹니다, 줄기차, 줄기차니 all keep 줄기차 intact. Only the ending moves.
What TOPIK level is 줄기차다?
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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