뵈다 Korean verb conjugation

to be seen

TOPIK 3 3급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Every form of 뵈다 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
뵈는
아/어Infinitive
-으니Since
뵈니
합니다Formal
뵙니다

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 봬요뵙니다뵌다

과거Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 뵀어요뵀습니다뵀어뵀다

미래·추측Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 뵈겠어요뵈겠습니다뵈겠어뵈겠다
-을 것이다Going to 뵐 거예요뵐 것입니다뵐 거야뵐 것이다

의문Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 봬요?뵙니까?봬?뵈니?
과거Past 뵀어요?뵀습니까?뵀어?뵀니?

명령Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 뵈세요뵈십시오봬라
청유Let's 봬요뵙시다뵈자

부정Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
Not (short) 안 봬요안 뵙니다안 봬안 뵌다
-지 않다Not (long) 뵈지 않아요뵈지 않습니다뵈지 않아뵈지 않는다
Cannot 못 봬요못 뵙니다못 봬못 뵌다

높임Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 뵈세요뵈십니다뵈셔뵈신다
과거Past 뵈셨어요뵈셨습니다뵈셨어뵈셨다

관형사형Modifying a noun

현재Present
뵈는
과거Past
미래Future
회상Used to
뵈던

연결Joining clauses

-고and
뵈고
-게-ly / so that
뵈게
-어서so / and then
봬서
-으니까since
뵈니까
-으면if / when
뵈면
-지만but
뵈지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
뵈는데
-어도even if
봬도

진행In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 뵈고 있어요뵈고 있습니다뵈고 있어뵈고 있다
과거Was doing 뵈고 있었어요뵈고 있었습니다뵈고 있었어뵈고 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.

이렇게 만나뵈어서 반갑습니다.

I'm happy to see all of you here today.

저는 할아버지를 뵌 적이 없어요.

I never got to meet him.

얼굴 좀 뵈러 왔어요

I was just coming to see you.

병원에서 뵌 적이 있었어요

I've seen you at the hospital.

자주 묻는 질문Common questions

How do you conjugate 뵈다 in Korean?

뵈다 (to be seen) is 봬요 in the polite 해요체, 뵙니다 in formal 합니다체, 봬 in casual 반말 and 뵌다 in the plain written style. The past is 뵀어요.

What is the past tense of 뵈다?

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

Is 뵈다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 뵙니다, 봬, 뵈니 all keep 뵈 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 뵈다?

3급 — TOPIK 3, lower intermediate.

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