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잘하다

잘하다

Korean

Verb

잘하다 • ‎(jalhada) ‎(infinitive 잘해 or 잘하여, sequential 잘하니)

to do something well
to do something zestfully

Conjugation

Selected forms of the verb 잘하다 (jalhada)

Stems
Stem 1	잘하 (jalha)
Stem 2	잘해 (jalhae)
Stem 2a	잘하여 (jalhayeo)
Stem 3	잘하 (jalha)
Conjugation type	Vowel-stem, 하(ha)-irregular

Sentence-final forms
	Formal non polite (해라체)	Informal non polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	잘한다 jalhanda past: 잘했다 jalhaetda	잘해 jalhae past: 잘했어 jalhaesseo	잘해요 jalhaeyo past: 잘했어요 jalhaesseoyo	잘합니다 jalhamnida past: 잘했습니다 jalhaetseumnida
Interrogative	잘하느냐 jalhaneunya past: 잘했느냐 jalhaenneunya	잘해 jalhae past: 잘했어 jalhaesseo	잘해요 jalhaeyo past: 잘했어요 jalhaesseoyo	잘합니까 jalhamnikka past: 잘했습니까 jalhaetseumnikka
hortative	잘하자 jalhaja	잘해 jalhae	잘해요 jalhaeyo	잘합시다 jalhapsida
imperative	잘해라, 잘하여라 jalhaera, jalhayeora	잘해 jalhae	잘해요 jalhaeyo	잘합시오 jalhapsio
Assertive	잘하겠다 jalhagetda	잘하겠어 jalhagesseo	잘하겠어요 jalhagesseoyo	잘하겠습니다 jalhagetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason	잘해 jalhae	잘해서, 잘하여서 jalhaeseo, jalhayeoseo	잘하니 jalhani	잘하니까 jalhanikka
Contrast	잘하지만 jalhajiman	잘하는데 jalhaneunde	잘하더니 jalhadeoni
Conjunction	잘하고 jalhago
Condition	잘하면 jalhamyeon	잘해야, 잘하여야 jalhaeya, jalhayeoya
Motive	잘하려고 jalharyeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		잘함 jalham	잘하기 jalhagi
Past-tense verbal nouns		잘했음, 잘하였음 jalhaesseum, jalhayeosseum	잘했기, 잘하였기 jalhaetgi, jalhayeotgi
Determiners	past	잘한 jalhan
	present	잘하는 jalhaneun
	future	잘할 jalhal

Sentence-final forms with honorific
	Formal non polite (해라체)	Informal non polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	잘하신다 jalhasinda past: 잘하셨다 jalhasyeotda	잘하셔 jalhasyeo past: 잘하셨어 jalhasyeosseo	잘하세요, 잘하셔요 jalhaseyo, jalhasyeoyo past: 잘하셨어요 jalhasyeosseoyo	잘하십니다 jalhasimnida past: 잘하셨습니다 jalhasyeotseumnida
Interrogative	잘하시느냐 jalhasineunya past: 잘하셨느냐 jalhasyeonneunya	잘하셔 jalhasyeo past: 잘하셨어 jalhasyeosseo	잘하세요, 잘하셔요 jalhaseyo, jalhasyeoyo past: 잘하셨어요 jalhasyeosseoyo	잘하십니까 jalhasimnikka past: 잘하셨습니까 jalhasyeotseumnikka
imperative	잘하시라 jalhasira	잘하셔 jalhasyeo	잘하세요 jalhaseyo	잘하십시오 jalhasipsio
Assertive	잘하시겠다 jalhasigetda	잘하시겠어 jalhasigesseo	잘하시겠어요 jalhasigesseoyo	잘하시겠습니다 jalhasigetseumnida
Connective honforms with honorific
Cause/Reason	잘하셔 jalhasyeo	잘하셔서 jalhasyeoseo	잘하시니 jalhasini	잘하시니까 jalhasinikka
Contrast	잘하시지만 jalhasijiman	잘하시는데 jalhasineunde	잘하시더니 jalhasideoni
Conjunction	잘하시고 jalhasigo
Condition	잘하시면 jalhasimyeon	잘하셔야 jalhasyeoya
Motive	잘하시려고 jalhasiryeogo
Noun and determiner honforms with honorific
Verbal nouns		잘하심 jalhasim	잘하시기 jalhasigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		잘하셨음 jalhasyeosseum	잘하셨기 jalhasyeotgi
Determiners	past	잘하신 jalhasin
	present	잘하시는 jalhasineun
	future	잘하실 jalhasil