비다 Korean verb conjugation

to be empty

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 비다 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
비는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
비니
합니다Formal
빕니다

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 벼요빕니다빈다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 볐어요볐습니다볐어볐다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 비겠어요비겠습니다비겠어비겠다
-을 것이다Going to 빌 거예요빌 것입니다빌 거야빌 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 벼요?빕니까?벼?비니?
과거Past 볐어요?볐습니까?볐어?볐니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 비세요비십시오벼라
청유Let's 벼요빕시다비자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 벼요안 빕니다안 벼안 빈다
-지 않다Not (long) 비지 않아요비지 않습니다비지 않아비지 않는다
Cannot 못 벼요못 빕니다못 벼못 빈다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비세요비십니다비셔비신다
과거Past 비셨어요비셨습니다비셨어비셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
비는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
비던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
비고
-게-ly / so that
비게
-어서so / and then
벼서
-으니까since
비니까
-으면if / when
비면
-지만but
비지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
비는데
-어도even if
벼도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 비고 있어요비고 있습니다비고 있어비고 있다
과거Was doing 비고 있었어요비고 있었습니다비고 있었어비고 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.

그래도 좀비잖아요.

But he's a zombie.

아침까지는 빈 방이 없습니다.

We will not have any more until the morning."

하지만 우리에게 비는 도움이 됩니다.

But for us, the rain is good.

빈 방 있어요?

Do you have a vacant room?

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 비다 in Korean?

비다 (to be empty) is 벼요 in the polite 해요체, 빕니다 in formal 합니다체, 벼 in casual 반말 and 빈다 in the plain written style. The past is 볐어요.

What is the past tense of 비다?

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

Is 비다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 빕니다, 벼, 비니 all keep 비 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 비다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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