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KOREAN VERB

보호되다

to be protected

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

현재 · now and habits: polite, formal and casual speech

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI am protected
NegativeI am not protected

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI was protected
NegativeI was not protected

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will be protected
NegativeI won’t be protected

Honorific

높임말 · to or about an elder: the -시- forms

Form Polite Formal
PresentI am protected (respectfully)
PastI was protected (respectfully)
FutureI will be protected (respectfully)

Connectives

연결 어미 · and, so, if, because, but: joining two sentences

  1. And (-고) being protected, and…, and…
  2. So, and then (-아/어서) being protected, and…, so…
  3. If, when (-(으)면) if I am protected
  4. Because (-(으)니까) because I am protected
  5. But (-지만) I am protected, but…

How to use 보호되다

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    고객의 개인 정보는 법으로 보호돼요.

    Customers' personal data is protected by law.

  2. Past

    다행히 아이들은 사고 중에 안전하게 보호됐어요.

    Luckily the children were kept safe during the accident.

  3. Future

    이 숲은 앞으로 국립공원으로 보호될 거예요.

    From now on this forest will be protected as a national park.

  4. Honorific

    어르신들도 이 제도로 똑같이 보호되세요.

    Elderly people are protected by this system just the same.

  5. Connectives

    정보가 보호되니까 안심하고 쓰셔도 돼요.

    The information is protected, so you can use it with peace of mind.

Good to know

  • 보호하다 is to protect and 보호되다 (or 보호받다) to be protected: 개인 정보는 법으로 보호돼요, personal data is protected by law.

Where you hear 보호되다

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Korean · Advanced Level 1

  • 보증금은 법으로 보호됩니다. The deposit is protected by law.
  • 우리 보증금은 그날부터 보호됐어요. Our deposit was protected from that day.
  • 서명하면 내일부터 보호될 거예요. If we sign, it'll be protected from tomorrow.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.