Korean

되다

시작되다
Meaning: to begin; to start; to be commenced
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Inflected form
Base 시작되다
Present 시작된다
Polite 시작돼요
Formal 시작됩니다
Past 시작됐다
Past + Polite 시작됐어요
Guess + Polite 시작되겠어요
Connective 시작되고
Conditional 시작되면
Volitional 시작되자
Imperative 시작돼라
Imperative + Polite 시작되세요
Attributive 시작되는 / 시작된 / 시작될

Handwriting

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作

Example sentences

As the performance began, the audience became quiet.
회의는 통상 오후 2시에 시작됩니다.
The meeting usually starts at 2 PM.
산판에서는 이른 아침부터 발매가 시작되었다.
Logging started from early morning at the logging site.
새 학기가 시작되어 새로운 수업 시간표를 짰다.
As the new semester started, I made a new class timetable.
우리 여행은 오월 하순에 시작됩니다.
Our trip starts in late May.
오월이 되자마자 벌써 초여름 더위가 시작되었다.
As soon as it became May, the early summer heat had already started.
의장님의 개회사로 회의가 시작되었다。
The meeting began with the chairman's opening remarks.
태풍이 지나간 후, 파괴된 도로를 복구하는 작업이 시작되었다.
After the typhoon passed, work to restore the destroyed roads began.
수업이 끝나고 곧이어 시험이 시작됐다.
After class ended, the exam started right afterward.
진정한 행복은 나다움을 찾는 것에서 시작된다.
True happiness begins with finding your authentic self.

Usage Notes

The passive/intransitive form of 'sijakhada' (to start something).

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