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KOREAN VERB

변하다

to change (of a person, a place, the weather)

  • #174 most used
  • 하다 verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI change
NegativeI don’t change

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI changed
NegativeI didn’t change

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will change
NegativeI won’t change

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI change (respectfully)
PastI changed (respectfully)
FutureI will change (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

Requests and commands

명령형 · -(으)세요, -(으)십시오, the casual form, -지 마세요

  1. Please (-(으)세요) please change
  2. Formal request (-(으)십시오) please change (formal)
  3. Plain command change! (casual)
  4. Please don’t please don’t change

How to use 변하다

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

  1. Present

    서울은 요즘 정말 빨리 변해요.

    Seoul is changing really fast these days.

  2. Past

    십 년 동안 이 동네가 많이 변했어요.

    This neighbourhood has changed a lot in ten years.

  3. Future

    사람은 그렇게 쉽게 안 변할 거예요.

    People won't change that easily.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 십 년 전하고 하나도 안 변하셨어요.

    Grandma hasn't changed at all from ten years ago.

  5. Connectives

    날씨가 갑자기 변해서 우산을 샀어요.

    The weather changed suddenly, so I bought an umbrella.

  6. Requests and commands

    변하지 마세요. 지금 모습이 좋아요.

    Don't change. I like you the way you are now.

Good to know

  • 변하다 is to change by itself, as the weather or a person does; to change something is 바꾸다.

Where you hear 변하다

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

Korean · Intermediate Level 1

  • 사람은 천천히 변해요. People change slowly.
  • 한국은 안 변했어요. 제가 변했어요. Korea didn't change. I did.
  • 날씨가 곧 변할 거예요. The weather will change soon.
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The beach at Hamdeok

Intermediate Level 1 · 일라이 씨, 많이 변했어요. · 한국은 안 변했어요. 저요. · 한국도 조금 변했어요.

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