잠이 들다

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 잠 (jam, “sleep”) +‎ 들다 (deulda, “to enter”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕa̠mi tɯɭda̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [자미 들다]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jami deulda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jam'i deulda
McCune–Reischauer?chami tŭlda
Yale Romanization?cam.i tulta

Verb

잠이 들다 • (jam-i deulda) (infinitive 잠이 들어, sequential 잠이 드니)

  1. (idiomatic) to fall asleep, go to sleep, nod off
    책을 읽다가 잠이 들다 ― chaeg-eul ikdaga jami deulda ― to read oneself to sleep
    울다가 잠이 들다 ― uldaga jami deulda ― to cry oneself to sleep

Conjugation

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