되다

to become

TOPIK 1 1급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
되는
아/어Infinitive
돼
-으니Since
되니
합니다Formal
됩니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 돼요됩니다돼된다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 됐어요됐습니다됐어됐다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 되겠어요되겠습니다되겠어되겠다
-을 것이다Going to 될 거예요될 것입니다될 거야될 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 돼요?됩니까?돼?되니?
과거Past 됐어요?됐습니까?됐어?됐니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 되세요되십시오돼돼라
청유Let's 돼요됩시다돼되자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 돼요안 됩니다안 돼안 된다
-지 않다Not (long) 되지 않아요되지 않습니다되지 않아되지 않는다
못Cannot 못 돼요못 됩니다못 돼못 된다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 되세요되십니다되셔되신다
과거Past 되셨어요되셨습니다되셨어되셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
되는
과거Past
된
미래Future
될
회상Used to
되던

Joining clauses

-고and
되고
-게-ly / so that
되게
-어서so / and then
돼서
-으니까since
되니까
-으면if / when
되면
-지만but
되지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
되는데
-어도even if
돼도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 되고 있어요되고 있습니다되고 있어되고 있다
과거Was doing 되고 있었어요되고 있었습니다되고 있었어되고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

30cm면 될까요? 12m여야 할까요?

Is it one foot or is it 40 feet?

-어도 되다

to be permissible

1이 될 것입니다

So you're just going to get a 1.

돼라, 돼라, 할 수 있어!

Come on, come on, you can do it!

Common questions

How do you conjugate 되다 in Korean?

되다 (to become) is 돼요 in the polite 해요체, 됩니다 in formal 합니다체, 돼 in casual 반말 and 된다 in the plain written style. The past is 됐어요.

What is the past tense of 되다?

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

Is 되다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 됩니다, 돼, 되니 all keep 되 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 되다?

1급 — TOPIK 1, beginner.

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