Present
현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI happen | |||
| NegativeI don’t happen |
Conjugation
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Past
과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI happened | |||
| NegativeI didn’t happen |
Future
미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요
| Form | Polite | Formal | Casual |
|---|---|---|---|
| AffirmativeI will happen | |||
| NegativeI won’t happen |
Honorific
높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms
| Form | Polite | Formal |
|---|---|---|
| PresentI happen (respectfully) | ||
| PastI happened (respectfully) | ||
| FutureI will happen (respectfully) |
Connectives
연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences
- And (-고) happening, and…, and…
- So, and then (-아/어서) happening, and…, so…
- If, when (-(으)면) if I happen
- Because (-(으)니까) because I happen
- But (-지만) I happen, but…
How to use 벌어지다
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
주말마다 이 거리에서 작은 축제가 벌어져요.
Every weekend a little festival breaks out on this street.
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Past
어젯밤에 술집 앞에서 싸움이 벌어졌어요.
Last night a fight broke out in front of the bar.
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Future
지금 가만히 있으면 큰일이 벌어질 거예요.
If we do nothing now, something big will happen.
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Honorific
할머니는 돈 문제로 아들과 사이가 벌어지셨어요.
Grandma drifted apart from her son over money.
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Connectives
큰 사고가 벌어져서 길이 다 막혔어요.
A big accident happened, so the whole road is blocked.
Good to know
- 벌어지다 is for things that break out, a fight, an accident, a party; a gap 벌어져요 too, and so do two friends drifting apart: 사이가 벌어지다.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.