배반하다 Korean verb conjugation

to betray

Every form of 배반하다 across the four speech levels. It is a regular stem, so the endings below attach without changing it.

기본형Principal parts

The four forms the dictionary prints. Every other form on this page is derived from them.

관형사형Modifier
배반하는
아/어Infinitive
배반하
-으니Since
배반하니
합니다Formal
배반합니다

현재Present

The tense that does the most work. 해요체 is the one to learn first — it is polite without being formal, and it is what most conversation is in.

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 배반하요배반합니다배반하배반한다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 배반핬어요배반핬습니다배반핬어배반핬다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 배반하겠어요배반하겠습니다배반하겠어배반하겠다
-을 것이다Going to 배반할 거예요배반할 것입니다배반할 거야배반할 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 배반하요?배반합니까?배반하?배반하니?
과거Past 배반핬어요?배반핬습니까?배반핬어?배반핬니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 배반하세요배반하십시오배반하배반하라
청유Let's 배반하요배반합시다배반하배반하자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 배반하요안 배반합니다안 배반하안 배반한다
-지 않다Not (long) 배반하지 않아요배반하지 않습니다배반하지 않아배반하지 않는다
Cannot 못 배반하요못 배반합니다못 배반하못 배반한다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 배반하세요배반하십니다배반하셔배반하신다
과거Past 배반하셨어요배반하셨습니다배반하셨어배반하셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
배반하는
과거Past
배반한
미래Future
배반할
회상Used to
배반하던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
배반하고
-게-ly / so that
배반하게
-어서so / and then
배반하서
-으니까since
배반하니까
-으면if / when
배반하면
-지만but
배반하지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
배반하는데
-어도even if
배반하도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 배반하고 있어요배반하고 있습니다배반하고 있어배반하고 있다
과거Was doing 배반하고 있었어요배반하고 있었습니다배반하고 있었어배반하고 있었다

문형Sentence patterns

How the dictionary says this verb is used. The numbers are slots: 1 is the subject, 2 the object.

예문In real sentences

From the dictionary, each with its translation.

그런데 날 배반했죠!

And you betrayed me!

누가 날 배반하는가?

Who is betraying me?

그래서 그들을 배반했나요?

Is that why you betrayed them?

그는 배반하고 희생시켜야했지

He had to betray and sacrifice his only kin.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 배반하다 in Korean?

배반하다 (to betray) is 배반하요 in the polite 해요체, 배반합니다 in formal 합니다체, 배반하 in casual 반말 and 배반한다 in the plain written style. The past is 배반핬어요.

What is the past tense of 배반하다?

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

Is 배반하다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 배반합니다, 배반하, 배반하니 all keep 배반하 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 배반하다?

It carries no TOPIK grade. That is a fact about the published word lists rather than about the word — it conjugates by exactly the same rules as everything else.

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