되다
doeda
Grammar · 1 sense
passive, to be possible, to work, to go well, to be allowed
Examples
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.
When you'd hear it
되다 is an everyday verb used in conversation, while forms such as 선택되다, 수정되다, and 발의되다 are especially common in news, official notices, and workplace writing. Polite forms like 됐어요 and 됩니다 appear across both casual service interactions and formal announcements.
What learners get wrong
Learners often treat every English passive as 되다, but Korean frequently uses a dedicated passive verb or a 되다 compound such as 선택되다. For ability, use -(으)ㄹ 수 있다 rather than 되다 by itself.
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