나지막하다 Korean adjective conjugation
to be somewhat low
Every form of 나지막하다 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
- 나지막한
- 아/어Infinitive
- 나지막해
- -으니Since
- 나지막하니
- 합니다Formal
- 나지막합니다
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 | 나지막해요 | 나지막합니다 | 나지막해 | 나지막하다 |
과거Past
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 서술Statement | 나지막했어요 | 나지막했습니다 | 나지막했어 | 나지막했다 |
미래·추측Future & presumptive
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -겠-Will / must be | 나지막하겠어요 | 나지막하겠습니다 | 나지막하겠어 | 나지막하겠다 |
| -을 것이다Going to | 나지막할 거예요 | 나지막할 것입니다 | 나지막할 거야 | 나지막할 것이다 |
의문Questions
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 나지막해요? | 나지막합니까? | 나지막해? | 나지막하니? |
| 과거Past | 나지막했어요? | 나지막했습니까? | 나지막했어? | 나지막했니? |
부정Negation
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 안Not (short) | 안 나지막해요 | 안 나지막합니다 | 안 나지막해 | 안 나지막하다 |
| -지 않다Not (long) | 나지막하지 않아요 | 나지막하지 않습니다 | 나지막하지 않아 | 나지막하지 않다 |
높임Honorific
| 해요체Polite | 합니다체Formal | 해체Casual | 한다체Plain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 현재Present | 나지막하세요 | 나지막하십니다 | 나지막하셔 | 나지막하시다 |
| 과거Past | 나지막하셨어요 | 나지막하셨습니다 | 나지막하셨어 | 나지막하셨다 |
관형사형Modifying a noun
- 현재Present
- 나지막한
- 과거Past
- 나지막한
- 미래Future
- 나지막할
- 회상Used to
- 나지막하던
연결Joining clauses
- -고and
- 나지막하고
- -게-ly / so that
- 나지막하게
- -어서so / and then
- 나지막해서
- -으니까since
- 나지막하니까
- -으면if / when
- 나지막하면
- -지만but
- 나지막하지만
- -는데and / but (setting up)
- 나지막한데
- -어도even if
- 나지막해도
문형Sentence patterns
How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.
- 1이 나지막하다
예문In real sentences
From the dictionary, each with its translation.
나지막하고 감미로울 테죠
Sweet and low, dulcet, very ladylike.
자주 묻는 질문Common questions
How do you conjugate 나지막하다 in Korean?
나지막하다 (to be somewhat low) is 나지막해요 in the polite 해요체, 나지막합니다 in formal 합니다체, 나지막해 in casual 반말 and 나지막하다 in the plain written style. The past is 나지막했어요.
What is the past tense of 나지막하다?
나지막했어요 in everyday polite speech, 나지막했습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 나지막하여 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.
Is 나지막하다 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 나지막하여 and 나지막하니 but unchanged in 나지막합니다.
What TOPIK level is 나지막하다?
6급 — TOPIK 6, mastery.
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