Fail in Korean 🇰🇷

실패하다 info.

Tips to Remember:
• Recognize that 실패 (silpae) sounds like “failure,” and adding 하다 (hada, “to do”) makes it “to do failure” or “to fail.”
• Remember the structure: Korean verbs often combine a noun-like root with 하다. This can help you when encountering other similar words.

Explanations:
• 실패하다 (silpaehada) means “to fail” or “to experience failure.”
• It is a combination of 실패 (failure) and 하다 (“to do”), which is a common verb formation in Korean.

Other Words with Similar Meanings:
• 망하다 (manghada) – often used in a more colloquial sense to mean “to fail” or “to be ruined.”
• 좌절하다 (jwajeolhada) – means “to become frustrated” or “to be thwarted,” sometimes used in contexts of failing due to setbacks.

Conjugations:
• Base/Infinitive Form: 실패하다 (silpaehada)
• Present Tense (polite): 실패해요 (silpaehaeyo)
 Example: “The experiment fails.” – 실험이 실패해요. (Silheom-i silpaehaeyo.)
• Past Tense (polite): 실패했어요 (silpaehaesseoyo)
 Example: “I failed the test.” – 시험에 실패했어요. (Siheom-e silpaehaesseoyo.)
• Future Tense (polite): 실패할 거예요 (silpaehal geoyeyo)
 Example: “If we are not careful, we will fail.” – 조심하지 않으면 실패할 거예요. (Josimhaji aneumyeon silpaehal geoyeyo.)
• Present Tense (formal): 실패합니다 (silpaehamnida)
 Example: “The strategy fails.” – 전략이 실패합니다. (Jeonlyag-i silpaehamnida.)
• Past Tense (formal): 실패했습니다 (silpaehaetseumnida)
 Example: “The plan failed.” – 계획이 실패했습니다. (Gyehoeg-i silpaehaetseumnida.)
• Future Tense (formal): 실패할 것입니다 (silpaehal geosimnida)
 Example: “The proposal will fail if not improved.” – 제안이 개선되지 않으면 실패할 것입니다. (Jean-i gaeseondoegi aneumyeon silpaehal geosimnida.)

Examples of Sentences:
1. “The team failed to win the match.”
 Korean: 팀이 경기에 실패했어요.
 Romanized: Tim-i gyeonggi-e silpaehaesseoyo.
2. “Do not worry if you fail; try again.”
 Korean: 실패해도 걱정하지 말고, 다시 시도하세요.
 Romanized: Silpaehaedo geokjeonghaji malgo, dasi sidohaseyo.
3. “If you don’t prepare, you will fail.”
 Korean: 준비하지 않으면 실패할 거예요.
 Romanized: Junbihaji aneumyeon silpaehal geoyeyo.

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