빌다

to wish, to pray for

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
비는
아/어Infinitive
빌어
-으니Since
비니
합니다Formal
빕니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빌어요빕니다빌어빈다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 빌었어요빌었습니다빌었어빌었다

Future & presumptive

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

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 빌어요?빕니까?빌어?비니?
과거Past 빌었어요?빌었습니까?빌었어?빌었니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 비세요비십시오빌어빌어라
청유Let's 빌어요빕시다빌어빌자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 빌어요안 빕니다안 빌어안 빈다
-지 않다Not (long) 빌지 않아요빌지 않습니다빌지 않아빌지 않는다
못Cannot 못 빌어요못 빕니다못 빌어못 빈다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 비세요비십니다비셔비신다
과거Past 비셨어요비셨습니다비셨어비셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
비는
과거Past
빈
미래Future
빌
회상Used to
빌던

Joining clauses

-고and
빌고
-게-ly / so that
빌게
-어서so / and then
빌어서
-으니까since
비니까
-으면if / when
빌면
-지만but
빌지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
비는데
-어도even if
빌어도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 빌고 있어요빌고 있습니다빌고 있어빌고 있다
과거Was doing 빌고 있었어요빌고 있었습니다빌고 있었어빌고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

바람이 여러분 등 뒤에만 있길 빌게요.

May the wind be at your back.

이 기회를 빌어 실상을 알려드려야 겠네요.

And while I have your attention, I can tell you the real story.

방글라데시에 있던 가족들은 집에 돌아오라고 빌었어요.

His family in Bangladesh begged him, "Come home."

제 할아버지의 표현을 빌자면 아주 개똥같은 생각입니다.

Or as my late grandfather would say, complete BS.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 빌다 in Korean?

빌다 (to wish, to pray for) is 빌어요 in the polite 해요체, 빕니다 in formal 합니다체, 빌어 in casual 반말 and 빈다 in the plain written style. The past is 빌었어요.

What is the past tense of 빌다?

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

Is 빌다 irregular?

Yes — it is ㄹ dropping (ㄹ 탈락). ㄹ drops before ㄴ, ㅂ and ㅅ: 살다 → 삽니다. Regular, but universal. That is why the stem looks different in 빌어 and 비니 but unchanged in 빕니다.

What TOPIK level is 빌다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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