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잘다

잘다

Korean

Adjective

잘다 • ‎(jalda) ‎(infinitive 잘아, sequential 자니)

(to be) small

Conjugation

Selected forms of the adjective 잘다 (jalda)

Stems
Stem 1	잘 (jal)
Stem 2	잘아 (jara)
Stem 3	자 (ja)
Conjugation type	Consonant-stem, ㄹ(l)-irregular

Sentence-final forms
	Formal non polite (해라체)	Informal non polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	잘다 jalda past: 잘았다 jaratda	잘아 jara past: 잘았어 jarasseo	잘아요 jarayo past: 잘았어요 jarasseoyo	잡니다 jamnida past: 잘았습니다 jaratseumnida
Interrogative	자냐 janya past: 잘았냐 jarannya	잘아 jara past: 잘았어 jarasseo	잘아요 jarayo past: 잘았어요 jarasseoyo	잡니까 jamnikka past: 잘았습니까 jaratseumnikka
Assertive	잘겠다 jalgetda	잘겠어 jalgesseo	잘겠어요 jalgesseoyo	잘겠습니다 jalgetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason	잘아 jara	잘아서 jaraseo	자니 jani	자니까 janikka
Contrast	잘지만 jaljiman	잔데 jande	잘더니 jaldeoni
Conjunction	잘고 jalgo
Condition	잘면 jalmyeon	잘아야 jaraya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		잚 jam	잘기 jalgi
Past-tense verbal nouns		잘았음 jarasseum	잘았기 jaratgi
Determiners	present		잔 jan
Determiners	future		잘 jal

Sentence-final forms with honorific
	Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	자시다 jasida past: 자셨다 jasyeotda	자셔 jasyeo past: 자셨어 jasyeosseo	자세요, 자셔요 jaseyo, jasyeoyo past: 자셨어요 jasyeosseoyo	자십니다 jasimnida past: 자셨습니다 jasyeotseumnida
Interrogative	자시냐 jasinya past: 자셨냐 jasyeonnya	자셔 jasyeo past: 자셨어 jasyeosseo	자세요, 자셔요 jaseyo, jasyeoyo past: 자셨어요 jasyeosseoyo	자십니까 jasimnikka past: 자셨습니까 jasyeotseumnikka
Assertive	자시겠다 jasigetda	자시겠어 jasigesseo	자시겠어요 jasigesseoyo	자시겠습니다 jasigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason	자셔 jasyeo	자셔서 jasyeoseo	자시니 jasini	자시니까 jasinikka
Contrast	자시지만 jasijiman	자신데 jasinde	자시더니 jasideoni
Conjunction	자시고 jasigo
Condition	자시면 jasimyeon	자셔야 jasyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		자심 jasim	자시기 jasigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		자셨음 jasyeosseum	자셨기 jasyeotgi
Determiners	present		자신 jasin
Determiners	future		자실 jasil

Derived terms

잔 (jan, “small”) (determinative form)

See also

자르다 (jareuda, “to cut”)