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KOREAN VERB

짧다

to be short

  • #98 most used
  • Descriptive verb

Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am short
NegativeI am not short

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was short
NegativeI was not short

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will be short
NegativeI won’t be short

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI am short (respectfully)
PastI was short (respectfully)
FutureI will be short (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) being short, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) being short, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I am short
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I am short
  5. But (-지만) I am short, but…

How to use 짧다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    이 바지는 저한테 너무 짧아요.

    These trousers are too short for me.

  2. Past

    오늘은 점심시간이 너무 짧았어요, 삼십 분이요.

    The lunch break today was too short, thirty minutes.

  3. Future

    오늘 회의는 짧을 거예요, 안건이 하나예요.

    Today's meeting will be short, there's one item.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지는 여름이라 머리가 아주 짧으세요.

    It's summer, so Grandpa's hair is very short.

  5. Connectives

    치마가 짧아서 긴 코트를 입었어요.

    The skirt was short, so I wore a long coat.

Good to know

  • 짧다 is short in length or time; a short person is 키가 작다, never 짧다.

Where you hear 짧다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Fluency Level 1

  • 방송 시간이 짧아요. The air time is short.
  • 여름 방학은 너무 짧았어요. The summer holiday was too short.
  • 내일 공연은 짧을 거야. Tomorrow's gig will be short.
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Why the sky is blue

Fluency Level 1 · 왜냐하면 파장이 제일 짧기 때문입니다.

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