나지막하다

to be somewhat low

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
나지막한
아/어Infinitive
나지막해
-으니Since
나지막하니
합니다Formal
나지막합니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 나지막해요나지막합니다나지막해나지막하다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 나지막했어요나지막했습니다나지막했어나지막했다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 나지막하겠어요나지막하겠습니다나지막하겠어나지막하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 나지막할 거예요나지막할 것입니다나지막할 거야나지막할 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 나지막해요?나지막합니까?나지막해?나지막하니?
과거Past 나지막했어요?나지막했습니까?나지막했어?나지막했니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 나지막해요안 나지막합니다안 나지막해안 나지막하다
-지 않다Not (long) 나지막하지 않아요나지막하지 않습니다나지막하지 않아나지막하지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 나지막하세요나지막하십니다나지막하셔나지막하시다
과거Past 나지막하셨어요나지막하셨습니다나지막하셨어나지막하셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
나지막한
과거Past
나지막한
미래Future
나지막할
회상Used to
나지막하던

Joining 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

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

나지막하고 감미로울 테죠

Sweet and low, dulcet, very ladylike.

Common 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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