잦다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄌᆞᆽ다〮 (Yale: còc-tá).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠t̚t͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [잗따]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jatda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jajda
McCune–Reischauer?	chatta
Yale Romanization?	cacta

• Homophone: 잣다 (jatda) (contemporary Seoul)

Adjective

잦다 • (jatda) (infinitive 잦아, sequential 잦으니)

1. (to be) frequent

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 잦다 (jatda): consonant-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	잦다 jatda	잦아 jaja	잦아요 jajayo	잦습니다 jatseumnida
	Past	잦았다 jajatda	잦았어 jajasseo	잦았어요 jajasseoyo	잦았습니다 jajatseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	잦으냐 jajeunya	잦아 jaja	잦아요 jajayo	잦습니까 jatseumnikka
	Past	잦았냐 jajannya	잦았어 jajasseo	잦았어요 jajasseoyo	잦았습니까 jajatseumnikka
Assertive		잦겠다 jatgetda	잦겠어 jatgesseo	잦겠어요 jatgesseoyo	잦겠습니다 jatgetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		잦아 jaja	잦아서 jajaseo	잦으니 jajeuni	잦으니까 jajeunikka
Contrast		잦지만 jatjiman	잦은데 jajeunde	잦더니 jatdeoni
Conjunction		잦고 jatgo
Condition		잦으면 jajeumyeon	잦아야 jajaya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		잦음 jajeum	잦기 jatgi
Past-tense verbal nouns		잦았음 jajasseum	잦았기 jajatgi
Determiners	Present		잦은 jajeun
	Future		잦을 jajeul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	잦으시다 jajeusida	잦으셔 jajeusyeo	잦으세요, 잦으셔요 jajeuseyo, jajeusyeoyo	잦으십니다 jajeusimnida
	Past	잦으셨다 jajeusyeotda	잦으셨어 jajeusyeosseo	잦으셨어요 jajeusyeosseoyo	잦으셨습니다 jajeusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	잦으시냐 jajeusinya	잦으셔 jajeusyeo	잦으세요, 잦으셔요 jajeuseyo, jajeusyeoyo	잦으십니까 jajeusimnikka
	Past	잦으셨냐 jajeusyeonnya	잦으셨어 jajeusyeosseo	잦으셨어요 jajeusyeosseoyo	잦으셨습니까 jajeusyeotseumnikka
Assertive		잦으시겠다 jajeusigetda	잦으시겠어 jajeusigesseo	잦으시겠어요 jajeusigesseoyo	잦으시겠습니다 jajeusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		잦으셔 jajeusyeo	잦으셔서 jajeusyeoseo	잦으시니 jajeusini	잦으시니까 jajeusinikka
Contrast		잦으시지만 jajeusijiman	잦으신데 jajeusinde	잦으시더니 jajeusideoni
Conjunction		잦으시고 jajeusigo
Condition		잦으시면 jajeusimyeon	잦으셔야 jajeusyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		잦으심 jajeusim	잦으시기 jajeusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		잦으셨음 jajeusyeosseum	잦으셨기 jajeusyeotgi
Determiners	Present		잦으신 jajeusin
	Future		잦으실 jajeusil

Related terms

• 자주 (jaju)