넓어지다

to be widened

TOPIK 4 4급verb 동사regular 규칙Dictionary entry 단어

Principal parts

관형사형Modifier
넓어지는
아/어Infinitive
넓어져
-으니Since
넓어지니
합니다Formal
넓어집니다

Present

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 넓어져요넓어집니다넓어져넓어진다

Past

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
서술Statement 넓어졌어요넓어졌습니다넓어졌어넓어졌다

Future & presumptive

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
-겠-Will / must be 넓어지겠어요넓어지겠습니다넓어지겠어넓어지겠다
-을 것이다Going to 넓어질 거예요넓어질 것입니다넓어질 거야넓어질 것이다

Questions

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 넓어져요?넓어집니까?넓어져?넓어지니?
과거Past 넓어졌어요?넓어졌습니까?넓어졌어?넓어졌니?

Commands

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
명령Do it 넓어지세요넓어지십시오넓어져넓어져라
청유Let's 넓어져요넓어집시다넓어져넓어지자

Negation

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
안Not (short) 안 넓어져요안 넓어집니다안 넓어져안 넓어진다
-지 않다Not (long) 넓어지지 않아요넓어지지 않습니다넓어지지 않아넓어지지 않는다
못Cannot 못 넓어져요못 넓어집니다못 넓어져못 넓어진다

Honorific

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Present 넓어지세요넓어지십니다넓어지셔넓어지신다
과거Past 넓어지셨어요넓어지셨습니다넓어지셨어넓어지셨다

Modifying a noun

현재Present
넓어지는
과거Past
넓어진
미래Future
넓어질
회상Used to
넓어지던

Joining clauses

-고and
넓어지고
-게-ly / so that
넓어지게
-어서so / and then
넓어져서
-으니까since
넓어지니까
-으면if / when
넓어지면
-지만but
넓어지지만
-는데and / but (setting up)
넓어지는데
-어도even if
넓어져도

In progress

해요체Polite합니다체Formal해체Casual한다체Plain
현재Is doing 넓어지고 있어요넓어지고 있습니다넓어지고 있어넓어지고 있다
과거Was doing 넓어지고 있었어요넓어지고 있었습니다넓어지고 있었어넓어지고 있었다

Sentence patterns

In real sentences

만약 진단 범위가 넓어져야만 했다면, 처음에는 왜 좁았을까요?

If the diagnostic criteria had to be broadened, why were they so narrow in the first place?

남편은 집이 넓어져서 제일 좋대요

He's so excited not to be cooped up in a condo anymore.

길은 좀 넓어졌잖아

The streets are wider.

예를 들자면 저는 시야 범위가 넓어졌습니다.

One example of this is that my visual attention span increased.

Common questions

How do you conjugate 넓어지다 in Korean?

넓어지다 (to be widened) is 넓어져요 in the polite 해요체, 넓어집니다 in formal 합니다체, 넓어져 in casual 반말 and 넓어진다 in the plain written style. The past is 넓어졌어요.

What is the past tense of 넓어지다?

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

Is 넓어지다 a regular verb?

Yes. Its stem never changes shape: 넓어집니다, 넓어져, 넓어지니 all keep 넓어지 intact. Only the ending moves.

What TOPIK level is 넓어지다?

4급 — TOPIK 4, upper intermediate.

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