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자다

jada

to sleep

Part of speech · verb

Pattern visualization

Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
jinitial+amedial
dinitial+amedial

Examples

  1. 저는 보통 열한 시에 자요.
    I usually sleep at eleven.
  2. 어제 잘 잤어요?
    Did you sleep well yesterday?

Collocations

잠을 자다잘 자다낮잠을 자다

Mnemonic

jada "to sleep" has stem ja-, so ja- + -a-yo simply stays ja-yo (identical vowels merge). The honorific "to sleep" is the separate suppletive verb jumusida, used for elders.

Quick check

  1. What is the honorific verb for "to sleep"?

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