낮다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Gugeupbang eonhae (救急方諺解 / 구급방언해), 1466, as Middle Korean ᄂᆞᆽ다〮 (Yale: nòc-tá).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠t̚t͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [낟따]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	natda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	najda
McCune–Reischauer?	natta
Yale Romanization?	nacta

Adjective

Korean verb set

Base	낮다 (natda)
Causative	낮추다 (natchuda)

낮다 • (natda) (infinitive 낮아, sequential 낮으니)

1. to be low (in height, in value)

   Antonym: 높다 (nopda, “to be high”)

   낮은 울타리

   najeun ultari

   a low fence

   합격 가능성이 낮다.

   Hapgyeok ganeungseong-i natda.

   The chance of passing the examination is low.

   올해 물가지수가 작년에 비해 낮은 편이다.

   Olhae mulgajisu-ga jangnyeon-e bi-hae najeun pyeon-ida.

   This year the price index is lower than last year.

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 낮다 (natda): consonant-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	낮다 natda	낮아 naja	낮아요 najayo	낮습니다 natseumnida
	Past	낮았다 najatda	낮았어 najasseo	낮았어요 najasseoyo	낮았습니다 najatseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	낮으냐 najeunya	낮아 naja	낮아요 najayo	낮습니까 natseumnikka
	Past	낮았냐 najannya	낮았어 najasseo	낮았어요 najasseoyo	낮았습니까 najatseumnikka
Assertive		낮겠다 natgetda	낮겠어 natgesseo	낮겠어요 natgesseoyo	낮겠습니다 natgetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		낮아 naja	낮아서 najaseo	낮으니 najeuni	낮으니까 najeunikka
Contrast		낮지만 natjiman	낮은데 najeunde	낮더니 natdeoni
Conjunction		낮고 natgo
Condition		낮으면 najeumyeon	낮아야 najaya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		낮음 najeum	낮기 natgi
Past-tense verbal nouns		낮았음 najasseum	낮았기 najatgi
Determiners	Present		낮은 najeun
	Future		낮을 najeul

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	낮으시다 najeusida	낮으셔 najeusyeo	낮으세요, 낮으셔요 najeuseyo, najeusyeoyo	낮으십니다 najeusimnida
	Past	낮으셨다 najeusyeotda	낮으셨어 najeusyeosseo	낮으셨어요 najeusyeosseoyo	낮으셨습니다 najeusyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	낮으시냐 najeusinya	낮으셔 najeusyeo	낮으세요, 낮으셔요 najeuseyo, najeusyeoyo	낮으십니까 najeusimnikka
	Past	낮으셨냐 najeusyeonnya	낮으셨어 najeusyeosseo	낮으셨어요 najeusyeosseoyo	낮으셨습니까 najeusyeotseumnikka
Assertive		낮으시겠다 najeusigetda	낮으시겠어 najeusigesseo	낮으시겠어요 najeusigesseoyo	낮으시겠습니다 najeusigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		낮으셔 najeusyeo	낮으셔서 najeusyeoseo	낮으시니 najeusini	낮으시니까 najeusinikka
Contrast		낮으시지만 najeusijiman	낮으신데 najeusinde	낮으시더니 najeusideoni
Conjunction		낮으시고 najeusigo
Condition		낮으시면 najeusimyeon	낮으셔야 najeusyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		낮으심 najeusim	낮으시기 najeusigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		낮으셨음 najeusyeosseum	낮으셨기 najeusyeotgi
Determiners	Present		낮으신 najeusin
	Future		낮으실 najeusil

Derived terms

• 난쟁이 (nanjaeng'i, “dwarf”)