못되다

Korean

Etymology

Univerbation of 못 (mot, “poorly”) +‎ 되다 (doeda, “to become”).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)t̚t͈we̞da̠] ~ [ˈmo̞(ː)t̚t͈ø̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [몯(ː)뛔다/몯(ː)뙤다]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?motdoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mosdoeda
McCune–Reischauer?mottoeda
Yale Romanization?mōstoyta

Adjective

못되다 • (motdoeda) (infinitive 못돼 or 못되어, sequential 못되니)

  1. (to be) nasty, mean, evil
    너 정말 못됐어! (informal non-polite; past tense form but the meaning is present) ― neo jeongmal motdwaesseo! ― You're so mean!

Conjugation
    Selected forms of the adjective 못되다 (motdoeda): vowel-stem, regular
Sentence-final forms
Formal non-polite
(해라체)		 Informal non-polite
(해체)		 Informal polite
(해요체)		 Formal polite
(하십시오체)
Indicative Non-past 못되다
motdoeda		 못돼
motdwae		 못돼요, 못되어요
motdwaeyo, motdoeeoyo		 못됩니다
motdoemnida
Past 못됐다
motdwaetda		 못됐어
motdwaesseo		 못됐어요
motdwaesseoyo		 못됐습니다
motdwaetseumnida
Interrogative Non-past 못되냐
motdoenya		 못돼
motdwae		 못돼요, 못되어요
motdwaeyo, motdoeeoyo		 못됩니까
motdoemnikka
Past 못됐냐
motdwaennya		 못됐어
motdwaesseo		 못됐어요
motdwaesseoyo		 못됐습니까
motdwaetseumnikka
Assertive 못되겠다
motdoegetda		못되겠어
motdoegesseo		못되겠어요
motdoegesseoyo		못되겠습니다
motdoegetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason 못돼
motdwae		못돼서, 못되어서
motdwaeseo, motdoeeoseo		못되니
motdoeni		못되니까
motdoenikka
Contrast 못되지만
motdoejiman		못된데
motdoende		못되더니
motdoedeoni
Conjunction 못되고
motdoego
Condition 못되면
motdoemyeon		못돼야, 못되어야
motdwaeya, motdoeeoya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns 못됨
motdoem		못되기
motdoegi
Past-tense verbal nouns 못됐음, 못되었음
motdwaesseum, motdoeeosseum		못됐기, 못되었기
motdwaetgi, motdoeeotgi
Determiners Present 못된
motdoen
Future 못될
motdoel


Sentence-final forms with honorific
Plain (해라체) Informal (해체) Polite (해요체) Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative Non-past 못되시다
motdoesida		 못되셔
motdoesyeo		 못되세요, 못되셔요
motdoeseyo, motdoesyeoyo		 못되십니다
motdoesimnida
Past 못되셨다
motdoesyeotda		 못되셨어
motdoesyeosseo		 못되셨어요
motdoesyeosseoyo		 못되셨습니다
motdoesyeotseumnida
Interrogative Non-past 못되시냐
motdoesinya		 못되셔
motdoesyeo		 못되세요, 못되셔요
motdoeseyo, motdoesyeoyo		 못되십니까
motdoesimnikka
Past 못되셨냐
motdoesyeonnya		 못되셨어
motdoesyeosseo		 못되셨어요
motdoesyeosseoyo		 못되셨습니까
motdoesyeotseumnikka
Assertive 못되시겠다
motdoesigetda		못되시겠어
motdoesigesseo		못되시겠어요
motdoesigesseoyo		못되시겠습니다
motdoesigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason 못되셔
motdoesyeo		못되셔서
motdoesyeoseo		못되시니
motdoesini		못되시니까
motdoesinikka
Contrast 못되시지만
motdoesijiman		못되신데
motdoesinde		못되시더니
motdoesideoni
Conjunction 못되시고
motdoesigo
Condition 못되시면
motdoesimyeon		못되셔야
motdoesyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns 못되심
motdoesim		못되시기
motdoesigi
Past-tense verbal nouns 못되셨음
motdoesyeosseum		못되셨기
motdoesyeotgi
Determiners Present 못되신
motdoesin
Future 못되실
motdoesil
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