안되다

to be sorry, to be unfortunate

TOPIK 4 4급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
안된
아/어Infinitive
안돼
-으니Since
안되니
합니다Formal
안됩니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 안돼요안됩니다안돼안되다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 안됐어요안됐습니다안됐어안됐다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 안되겠어요안되겠습니다안되겠어안되겠다
-을 것이다Going to 안될 거예요안될 것입니다안될 거야안될 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 안돼요?안됩니까?안돼?안되니?
과거Past 안됐어요?안됐습니까?안됐어?안됐니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 안돼요안 안됩니다안 안돼안 안되다
-지 않다Not (long) 안되지 않아요안되지 않습니다안되지 않아안되지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 안되세요안되십니다안되셔안되시다
과거Past 안되셨어요안되셨습니다안되셨어안되셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
안된
과거Past
안된
미래Future
안될
회상Used to
안되던

Joining clauses

-고and
안되고
-게-ly / so that
안되게
-어서so / and then
안돼서
-으니까since
안되니까
-으면if / when
안되면
-지만but
안되지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
안된데
-어도even if
안돼도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

오, 안됐네요, 정말 힘드셨겠어요

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. That's terrible.

고맙습니다 안녕, 다쳤다는 소리 들으니 안됬네

Hello, sorry to hear you've been hurt.

안됐군, 어쩌다 죽었어?

I'm sorry to hear that. How did that happen?

제가 소리 없이 죽을까 겁내셨어요. "참 안됐네"하며 사람들의 입방아에 오르내릴까봐요.

She fears that I'll die without a whisper, that I'll turn into "what a shame" conversations at the bus stop.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 안되다 in Korean?

안되다 (to be sorry, to be unfortunate) is 안돼요 in the polite 해요체, 안됩니다 in formal 합니다체, 안돼 in casual 반말 and 안되다 in the plain written style. The past is 안됐어요.

What is the past tense of 안되다?

안됐어요 in everyday polite speech, 안됐습니다 formally. It is built from the 아/어 form 안돼 plus ㅆ, which is why an irregular stem shows its irregularity here.

Is 안되다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 안됩니다, 안돼, 안되니 all keep 안되 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 안되다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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