Change in Korean 🇰🇷

변화되다 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Notice that “변화” (byeonhwa) means “change” and “되다” (doeda) means “to become.” Together, they form “변화되다,” which can be remembered as “to become changed” or “to be changed.”
• Visualize a process where something is gradually transforming; “변화 되다” literally breaks into “change” and “happen.”

Explanations:
• “변화되다” is a passive-type verb expressing that something undergoes a change. It implies that change happens to the subject rather than it actively changing.
• The word emphasizes the process or result of transformation in various contexts such as social change, personal transformation, or natural processes.

Other Words That Mean the Same Thing:
• “바뀌다” (bakwida) – means “to change” in the sense of becoming different.
• “달라지다” (dallajida) – means “to become different/varied.”
• “변하다” (byeonhada) – although active, it is often used to mean “to change” and can be applied in similar contexts.

Conjugations:
Base form (infinitive): 변화되다 (byeonhwa doeda)

Present Tense:
• Dictionary/Formal: 변화된다 (byeonhwa doenda)
• Polite informal: 변화돼요 (byeonhwa dwaeyo)

Past Tense:
• Dictionary/Formal: 변화되었다 (byeonhwa doeeotda)
• Polite informal: 변화됐어요 (byeonhwa dwaesseoyo)

Future Tense:
• Dictionary/Formal: 변화될 것이다 (byeonhwa doel geosida)
• Polite informal: 변화될 거예요 (byeonhwa doel geoyeyo)

Additional Forms:
• Present progressive: 변화되고 있다 (byeonhwa doego itda) – “is undergoing change”
• Negative form (present, polite): 변화되지 않아요 (byeonhwa doeeji anayo) – “is not changing”

Examples of Sentences:
1. This society is rapidly changing.
 • 이 사회는 빠르게 변화되고 있다.
  Romanized: I sahoe-neun bbareuge byeonhwa doego itda.

2. Our lifestyles are constantly being changed by new technology.
 • 우리의 생활은 새로운 기술에 의해 변화된다.
  Romanized: Uri-ui saenghwal-eun saeroun gisul-e uihae byeonhwa doenda.

3. The climate will be changed drastically in the upcoming years.
 • 기후는 앞으로 몇 년 안에 크게 변화될 것이다.
  Romanized: Gihu-neun ap-euro myeot nyeon an-e keuge byeonhwa doel geosida.

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