못되다

mean

TOPIK 4 4급adjective 형용사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
못된
아/어Infinitive
못돼
-으니Since
못되니
합니다Formal
못됩니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 못돼요못됩니다못돼못되다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 못됐어요못됐습니다못됐어못됐다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 못되겠어요못되겠습니다못되겠어못되겠다
-을 것이다Going to 못될 거예요못될 것입니다못될 거야못될 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 못돼요?못됩니까?못돼?못되니?
과거Past 못됐어요?못됐습니까?못됐어?못됐니?

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 못돼요안 못됩니다안 못돼안 못되다
-지 않다Not (long) 못되지 않아요못되지 않습니다못되지 않아못되지 않다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 못되세요못되십니다못되셔못되시다
과거Past 못되셨어요못되셨습니다못되셨어못되셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
못된
과거Past
못된
미래Future
못될
회상Used to
못되던

Joining clauses

-고and
못되고
-게-ly / so that
못되게
-어서so / and then
못돼서
-으니까since
못되니까
-으면if / when
못되면
-지만but
못되지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
못된데
-어도even if
못돼도

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

어떻게 그런 못된 말을 해?

You know, someone with three hearts shouldn't be so mean.

세상에서 제일 못된 여자예요

One, two, three, go. It's not fair.

이건 설치류잖아. 그리고 아주 못되게 생겼어

That is a rodent, and it looks mean.

제니가 돌리에게 못된 짓을 그만 두라고 말했어요

I told you to stop being so mean to Dollie.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 못되다 in Korean?

못되다 (mean) is 못돼요 in the polite 해요체, 못됩니다 in formal 합니다체, 못돼 in casual 반말 and 못되다 in the plain written style. The past is 못됐어요.

What is the past tense of 못되다?

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

Is 못되다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 못됩니다, 못돼, 못되니 all keep 못되 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 못되다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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