잘되다

to go well

TOPIK 2 2급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
잘되는
아/어Infinitive
잘돼
-으니Since
잘되니
합니다Formal
잘됩니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잘돼요잘됩니다잘돼잘된다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 잘됐어요잘됐습니다잘됐어잘됐다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 잘되겠어요잘되겠습니다잘되겠어잘되겠다
-을 것이다Going to 잘될 거예요잘될 것입니다잘될 거야잘될 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잘돼요?잘됩니까?잘돼?잘되니?
과거Past 잘됐어요?잘됐습니까?잘됐어?잘됐니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 잘되세요잘되십시오잘돼잘돼라
청유Let's 잘돼요잘됩시다잘돼잘되자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 잘돼요안 잘됩니다안 잘돼안 잘된다
-지 않다Not (long) 잘되지 않아요잘되지 않습니다잘되지 않아잘되지 않는다
못Cannot 못 잘돼요못 잘됩니다못 잘돼못 잘된다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 잘되세요잘되십니다잘되셔잘되신다
과거Past 잘되셨어요잘되셨습니다잘되셨어잘되셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
잘되는
과거Past
잘된
미래Future
잘될
회상Used to
잘되던

Joining clauses

-고and
잘되고
-게-ly / so that
잘되게
-어서so / and then
잘돼서
-으니까since
잘되니까
-으면if / when
잘되면
-지만but
잘되지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
잘되는데
-어도even if
잘돼도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 잘되고 있어요잘되고 있습니다잘되고 있어잘되고 있다
과거Was doing 잘되고 있었어요잘되고 있었습니다잘되고 있었어잘되고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

잘 되길 바라.

Good luck.

일은 잘 되니?

How's work?

잘 되지 않았습니다.

It didn't work.

잘 되었으면 좋겠네요.

Let's hope it works.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 잘되다 in Korean?

잘되다 (to go well) is 잘돼요 in the polite 해요체, 잘됩니다 in formal 합니다체, 잘돼 in casual 반말 and 잘된다 in the plain written style. The past is 잘됐어요.

What is the past tense of 잘되다?

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

Is 잘되다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 잘됩니다, 잘돼, 잘되니 all keep 잘되 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 잘되다?

2급 — TOPIK 2, elementary.

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