잘되다

Korean

Etymology

Univerbation of 잘 (jal, “well”) +‎ 되다 (doeda, “to become”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠ɭdwe̞da̠] ~ [t͡ɕa̠ɭdø̞da̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [잘뒈다/잘되다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jaldoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jaldoeda
McCune–Reischauer?	chaldoeda
Yale Romanization?	caltoyta

Verb

잘되다 • (jaldoeda) (infinitive 잘돼 or 잘되어, sequential 잘되니) (intransitive)

1. to do well; to prosper
2. to turn out well
3. (sarcastic) to be just great

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 잘되다 (jaldoeda): vowel-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	잘된다 jaldoenda	잘돼 jaldwae	잘돼요, 잘되어요 jaldwaeyo, jaldoeeoyo	잘됩니다 jaldoemnida
	Past	잘됐다 jaldwaetda	잘됐어 jaldwaesseo	잘됐어요 jaldwaesseoyo	잘됐습니다 jaldwaetseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	잘되느냐 jaldoeneunya	잘돼 jaldwae	잘돼요, 잘되어요 jaldwaeyo, jaldoeeoyo	잘됩니까 jaldoemnikka
	Past	잘됐느냐 jaldwaenneunya	잘됐어 jaldwaesseo	잘됐어요 jaldwaesseoyo	잘됐습니까 jaldwaetseumnikka
Hortative		잘되자 jaldoeja	잘돼 jaldwae	잘돼요, 잘되어요 jaldwaeyo, jaldoeeoyo	잘되십시다 jaldoesipsida
Imperative		잘돼라, 잘되어라 jaldwaera, jaldoeeora	잘돼 jaldwae	잘돼요, 잘되어요 jaldwaeyo, jaldoeeoyo	잘됩시오 jaldoepsio
Assertive		잘되겠다 jaldoegetda	잘되겠어 jaldoegesseo	잘되겠어요 jaldoegesseoyo	잘되겠습니다 jaldoegetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		잘돼 jaldwae	잘돼서, 잘되어서 jaldwaeseo, jaldoeeoseo	잘되니 jaldoeni	잘되니까 jaldoenikka
Contrast		잘되지만 jaldoejiman	잘되는데 jaldoeneunde	잘되더니 jaldoedeoni
Conjunction		잘되고 jaldoego
Condition		잘되면 jaldoemyeon	잘돼야, 잘되어야 jaldwaeya, jaldoeeoya
Motive		잘되려고 jaldoeryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		잘됨 jaldoem	잘되기 jaldoegi
Past-tense verbal nouns		잘됐음, 잘되었음 jaldwaesseum, jaldoeeosseum	잘됐기, 잘되었기 jaldwaetgi, jaldoeeotgi
Determiners	Past	잘된 jaldoen
	Present	잘되는 jaldoeneun
	Future	잘될 jaldoel

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	잘되신다 jaldoesinda	잘되셔 jaldoesyeo	잘되세요, 잘되셔요 jaldoeseyo, jaldoesyeoyo	잘되십니다 jaldoesimnida
	Past	잘되셨다 jaldoesyeotda	잘되셨어 jaldoesyeosseo	잘되셨어요 jaldoesyeosseoyo	잘되셨습니다 jaldoesyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	잘되시느냐 jaldoesineunya	잘되셔 jaldoesyeo	잘되세요, 잘되셔요 jaldoeseyo, jaldoesyeoyo	잘되십니까 jaldoesimnikka
	Past	잘되셨느냐 jaldoesyeonneunya	잘되셨어 jaldoesyeosseo	잘되셨어요 jaldoesyeosseoyo	잘되셨습니까 jaldoesyeotseumnikka
Imperative		잘되시라 jaldoesira	잘되셔 jaldoesyeo	잘되세요 jaldoeseyo	잘되십시오 jaldoesipsio
Assertive		잘되시겠다 jaldoesigetda	잘되시겠어 jaldoesigesseo	잘되시겠어요 jaldoesigesseoyo	잘되시겠습니다 jaldoesigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		잘되셔 jaldoesyeo	잘되셔서 jaldoesyeoseo	잘되시니 jaldoesini	잘되시니까 jaldoesinikka
Contrast		잘되시지만 jaldoesijiman	잘되시는데 jaldoesineunde	잘되시더니 jaldoesideoni
Conjunction		잘되시고 jaldoesigo
Condition		잘되시면 jaldoesimyeon	잘되셔야 jaldoesyeoya
Motive		잘되시려고 jaldoesiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		잘되심 jaldoesim	잘되시기 jaldoesigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		잘되셨음 jaldoesyeosseum	잘되셨기 jaldoesyeotgi
Determiners	Past	잘되신 jaldoesin
	Present	잘되시는 jaldoesineun
	Future	잘되실 jaldoesil