되다

Korean

Etymology 1

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean ᄃᆞᄫᆡ다 (Yale: toWoyta).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [twe̞da̠] ~ [tø̞da̠]
    • (file)
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?doeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?doeda
McCune–Reischauer?toeda
Yale Romanization?toyta

Verb

되다 (doeda) (infinitive or 되어, sequential 되니)

  1. to become
    되다wang-i doedato become king
    나무 되다ssi-ga namu-ga doedafor the seed to become a tree
  2. (of a time) to come, to arrive
    약속한 시간 되었다.yaksokhan sigan-i doeeotda.The appointed time has arrived.
  3. (auxiliary, after the / (-eo/-a) infinitive) to be permissible; to be OK; may
    질문 해도 돼요?jilmun haedo dwaeyo?May [I] ask a question?
  4. to be... -ed; follows nouns and nominals to form passive verbs. The noun functions as the (-i) / (-ga)-complement of the verb. When there is no particle in between, the construction is written without spaces.
    Coordinate term: 하다 (hada, for active verbs)
    과장 (gwajang, exaggeration) + 되다 (doeda)과장되다 (gwajangdoeda, to be exaggerated)
    납치 (napchi, kidnapping) + 되다 (doeda)납치되다 (napchidoeda, to be kidnapped)
    언론에서 사건 지나치게 과장 되었습니다.
    eollon-eseo sageon-i jinachige gwajang-i doeeotseumnida.
    The incident has been excessively exaggerated in the media.
    납치 되었으나 살해되지 않았습니다.
    napchi-neun doeeosseuna salhae-doeji-neun anatseumnida.
    He has been kidnapped, but not murdered.
  5. Forms certain adjectives.
    (sok, being secular; being vulgar) + 되다 (doeda)속되다 (sokdoeda, to be vulgar)
Usage notes
  • Both the subject and the complement of this verb take the "nominative" case markers, (-i) for consonant-final nouns and (-ga) for vowel-final ones.
Conjugation
Derived terms
Korean terms suffixed with -되다

Etymology 2

First attested in the Eonhae duchang jibyo (諺解痘瘡集要 / 언해두창집요), 1608, as Early Modern Korean 되다 (Yale: twoyta).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtwe̞(ː)da̠] ~ [ˈtø̞(ː)da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?doeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?doeda
McCune–Reischauer?toeda
Yale Romanization?tōyta

Adjective

되다 (doeda) (infinitive or 되어, sequential 되니)

  1. (to be) hard
  2. (to be) thick
  3. (to be) severe
Conjugation
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