짧다
jjalda · TOPIK 1
to be short
✂️ jjalda sounds like jolt: a jolt is a short, sudden jerk
The tense jj at the start is itself clipped and abrupt, so the word is short in the mouth as well as in meaning. Its opposite is 길다 (gilda, to be long), with a soft g and a drawn-out vowel; learn the two as a pair.