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KOREAN VERB

소요되다

to take, to be required (time, cost: the office word)

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI take
NegativeI don’t take

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI took
NegativeI didn’t take

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

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

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI take (respectfully)
PastI took (respectfully)
FutureI will take (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 소요되다

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

  1. Present

    비자 심사에는 보통 삼 주가 소요됩니다.

    Visa screening usually takes three weeks.

  2. Past

    이번에는 서류 발급에 이틀이 소요됐어요.

    This time issuing the documents took two days.

  3. Future

    수리 비용은 십만 원 정도 소요될 겁니다.

    The repair cost will be about a hundred thousand won.

  4. Honorific

    할아버지, 연금 신청 처리에는 한 달 정도 소요되세요.

    Grandpa, your pension application takes about a month to process.

  5. Connectives

    심사에 두 달이 소요되니까 미리 신청하세요.

    The review takes two months, so apply early.

Good to know

  • 소요되다 is 걸리다 in office language, on a form or a notice: 처리에 삼 일이 소요됩니다; at home you say 삼 일 걸려요.

Where you hear 소요되다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 3

  • 심사는 보통 두 달 정도 소요됩니다. The review usually takes about two months.
  • 증명서 발급에 사흘이 소요됐습니다. Issuing the certificate took three days.
  • 내일 검사는 한 시간 정도 소요될 겁니다. Tomorrow's test will take about an hour.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.