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KOREAN VERB

유명해지다

to become famous, to get well known

  • Verb

Conjugation

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Present

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

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI become famous
NegativeI don’t become famous

Past

과거 · finished actions: 갔어요, 갔습니다, 갔어

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI became famous
NegativeI didn’t become famous

Future

미래 · plans and guesses: -(으)ㄹ 거예요

Form Polite Formal Casual
AffirmativeI will become famous
NegativeI won’t become famous

Honorific

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

Form Polite Formal
PresentI become famous (respectfully)
PastI became famous (respectfully)
FutureI will become famous (respectfully)

Connectives

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

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

How to use 유명해지다

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

  1. Present

    요즘은 영상 하나로 하루 만에 유명해져요.

    These days people become famous in a day with one video.

  2. Past

    그 떡볶이집은 드라마 덕분에 유명해졌어요.

    That tteokbokki place got famous thanks to a drama.

  3. Future

    이 노래로 수아는 분명히 유명해질 거예요.

    With this song, Su-a will definitely become famous.

  4. Honorific

    할머니는 김치 솜씨로 동네에서 유명해지셨어요.

    Grandma became well known in the neighbourhood for her kimchi.

  5. Connectives

    유명해지면 조용히 밥도 못 먹어요.

    Once you're famous you can't even eat in peace.

Good to know

  • 유명하다 is to be famous, and -아/어지다 turns it into a change: 유명해지다, to become famous. 유명해진 뒤에 is "after getting famous".

Where you hear 유명해지다

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

Korean · Fluency Level 2

  • 시장이 조금씩 유명해져요. The market is getting famous bit by bit.
  • 그 떡집은 작년에 유명해졌어요. That rice-cake shop got famous last year.
  • 방송 나가면 우리 가게가 유명해질 거예요. Once the show goes out, my shop will get famous.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: verb.