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자다

자다

Korean

Verb

자다 (jada) (infinitive , sequential 자니)

  1. to sleep
    개는 잠을 잡니다.
    Gae-neun jam-eul jamnida.
    The dog is sleeping

Conjugation

자다 (jada) has two forms for the 해라체 (haerache, “plain”) imperative. The blunt form is regular: 자라 (jara, “sleep!”). The less blunt form is irregular: 자거라 (jageora, “sleep well!”). Other verbs with the irregular non-blunt form are 일어나다 (ireonada, “to get up”), 자라다 (jarada, “to grow”), 가다 (gada, “to go”), and compound verbs ending in 가다 (gada).

Synonyms

Related terms

  • 재우다 (jae-uda, “to cause to sleep”)