배다 Korean verb conjugation

to be pregnant

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 배다 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
배는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
배니
합니다Formal
뱁니다

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 배요뱁니다밴다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뱄어요뱄습니다뱄어뱄다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 배겠어요배겠습니다배겠어배겠다
-을 것이다Going to 밸 거예요밸 것입니다밸 거야밸 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 배요?뱁니까?배?배니?
과거Past 뱄어요?뱄습니까?뱄어?뱄니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 배세요배십시오배라
청유Let's 배요뱁시다배자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 배요안 뱁니다안 배안 밴다
-지 않다Not (long) 배지 않아요배지 않습니다배지 않아배지 않는다
Cannot 못 배요못 뱁니다못 배못 밴다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 배세요배십니다배셔배신다
과거Past 배셨어요배셨습니다배셨어배셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
배는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
배던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
배고
-게-ly / so that
배게
-어서so / and then
배서
-으니까since
배니까
-으면if / when
배면
-지만but
배지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
배는데
-어도even if
배도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 배고 있어요배고 있습니다배고 있어배고 있다
과거Was doing 배고 있었어요배고 있었습니다배고 있었어배고 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.

그 여자는 아이를 뱄다.

The woman is pregnant.

그 수의 2배입니다.

Now double it.

보통 사람의 두배예요.

It's double the normal range.

거의 자기 길이의 100배죠.

That's almost 100 times its own length.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 배다 in Korean?

배다 (to be pregnant) is 배요 in the polite 해요체, 뱁니다 in formal 합니다체, 배 in casual 반말 and 밴다 in the plain written style. The past is 뱄어요.

What is the past tense of 배다?

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

Is 배다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뱁니다, 배, 배니 all keep 배 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 배다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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