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To become

passive, to be possible, to work, to go well, to be allowed
Indicates nouns into passive verbs, things working out, becoming something.
Example
  • 제가 야구 팀에 선택됐어요!
    I was selected for the baseball team!
  • 문법 실수가 수정됐어요.
    My grammar mistakes were corrected.
  • 새 정책이 국회에서 발의됐어요.
    A new policy was proposed in the National Assembly.
  • 걱정하지 마, 잘 될 거야.
    Don't worry. It will work out.
  • 애벌레는 나비가 됩니다.
    Caterpillars become butterflies.
  • 여기서 사진을 찍어도 돼요?
    Is it allowed to take pictures here?

Usage

  • Can be attached to nouns to make a compound verb, as well as stand as a verb on its own.
  • Since 되다 is a passive verb, it uses N+이/가.
  • Similar to V+아/어지다 but more often used as the passive form of N+하다.
  • Often used in grammar forms such as V+아/어도.
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