잘다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Eonhae taesan jibyo (諺解胎産集要 / 언해태산집요), 1608, as Early Modern Korean ᄌᆞᆯ다 (Yale: colta).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠ɭda̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [잘다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jalda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jalda
McCune–Reischauer?	chalda
Yale Romanization?	calta

Adjective

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

1. (to be) small, little

   파를 잘게 썰은 후에 냄비에 넣어라.

   pareul jalge sseoreun hue naembie neo'eora.

   Chop the scallions into small pieces and place them in a pot.

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 잘다 (jalda): consonant-stem, ㄹ(l)-irregular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	잘다 jalda	잘아 jara	잘아요 jarayo	잡니다 jamnida
	Past	잘았다 jaratda	잘았어 jarasseo	잘았어요 jarasseoyo	잘았습니다 jaratseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	자냐 janya	잘아 jara	잘아요 jarayo	잡니까 jamnikka
	Past	잘았냐 jarannya	잘았어 jarasseo	잘았어요 jarasseoyo	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
	Future		잘 jal

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	자시다 jasida	자셔 jasyeo	자세요, 자셔요 jaseyo, jasyeoyo	자십니다 jasimnida
	Past	자셨다 jasyeotda	자셨어 jasyeosseo	자셨어요 jasyeosseoyo	자셨습니다 jasyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	자시냐 jasinya	자셔 jasyeo	자세요, 자셔요 jaseyo, jasyeoyo	자십니까 jasimnikka
	Past	자셨냐 jasyeonnya	자셨어 jasyeosseo	자셨어요 jasyeosseoyo	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
	Future		자실 jasil

Derived terms

• 잔 (jan, “small”) (determinative form)

1. 잔 보고서

   jan bogoseo

   meticulous report

See also

• 잘생기다 (jalsaenggida, “good-looking”)
• 작다 (jakda, “small, little, tiny, low, petty”)
• 자르다 (jareuda, “to cut”)