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짧다

짧다

Korean

Adjective

짧다 • ‎(jjalda) ‎(infinitive 짧아, sequential 짧으니)

(to be) short

Conjugation

Selected forms of the adjective 짧다 (jjalda)

Stems
Stem 1	짧 (jjal)
Stem 2	짧아 (jjalba)
Stem 3	짧으 (jjalbeu)
Conjugation type	Consonant-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
	Formal non polite (해라체)	Informal non polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	짧다 jjalda past: 짧았다 jjalbatda	짧아 jjalba past: 짧았어 jjalbasseo	짧아요 jjalbayo past: 짧았어요 jjalbasseoyo	짧습니다 jjalseumnida past: 짧았습니다 jjalbatseumnida
Interrogative	짧으냐 jjalbeunya past: 짧았냐 jjalbannya	짧아 jjalba past: 짧았어 jjalbasseo	짧아요 jjalbayo past: 짧았어요 jjalbasseoyo	짧습니까 jjalseumnikka past: 짧았습니까 jjalbatseumnikka
Assertive	짧겠다 jjalgetda	짧겠어 jjalgesseo	짧겠어요 jjalgesseoyo	짧겠습니다 jjalgetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason	짧아 jjalba	짧아서 jjalbaseo	짧으니 jjalbeuni	짧으니까 jjalbeunikka
Contrast	짧지만 jjaljiman	짧은데 jjalbeunde	짧더니 jjaldeoni
Conjunction	짧고 jjalgo
Condition	짧으면 jjalbeumyeon	짧아야 jjalbaya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		짧음 jjalbeum	짧기 jjalgi
Past-tense verbal nouns		짧았음 jjalbasseum	짧았기 jjalbatgi
Determiners	present		짧은 jjalbeun
Determiners	future		짧을 jjalbeul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
	Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	짧으시다 jjalbeusida past: 짧으셨다 jjalbeusyeotda	짧으셔 jjalbeusyeo past: 짧으셨어 jjalbeusyeosseo	짧으세요, 짧으셔요 jjalbeuseyo, jjalbeusyeoyo past: 짧으셨어요 jjalbeusyeosseoyo	짧으십니다 jjalbeusimnida past: 짧으셨습니다 jjalbeusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	짧으시냐 jjalbeusinya past: 짧으셨냐 jjalbeusyeonnya	짧으셔 jjalbeusyeo past: 짧으셨어 jjalbeusyeosseo	짧으세요, 짧으셔요 jjalbeuseyo, jjalbeusyeoyo past: 짧으셨어요 jjalbeusyeosseoyo	짧으십니까 jjalbeusimnikka past: 짧으셨습니까 jjalbeusyeotseumnikka
Assertive	짧으시겠다 jjalbeusigetda	짧으시겠어 jjalbeusigesseo	짧으시겠어요 jjalbeusigesseoyo	짧으시겠습니다 jjalbeusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason	짧으셔 jjalbeusyeo	짧으셔서 jjalbeusyeoseo	짧으시니 jjalbeusini	짧으시니까 jjalbeusinikka
Contrast	짧으시지만 jjalbeusijiman	짧으신데 jjalbeusinde	짧으시더니 jjalbeusideoni
Conjunction	짧으시고 jjalbeusigo
Condition	짧으시면 jjalbeusimyeon	짧으셔야 jjalbeusyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		짧으심 jjalbeusim	짧으시기 jjalbeusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		짧으셨음 jjalbeusyeosseum	짧으셨기 jjalbeusyeotgi
Determiners	present		짧으신 jjalbeusin
Determiners	future		짧으실 jjalbeusil

Antonyms

길다 (gilda, “to be long”)

Derived terms

짧아지다 (jjalbajida, “to get shorter, become shorter”)
짧다랗다 (jjaldarata), 짤따랗다 (jjalttarata, “shortish”)

See also

자르다 (jareuda, “to cut (short)”)