Learn Korean: Time + 됐다

Let’s take a look at the Korean sentence pattern Time + 됐다. We use this to express how long someone has done (been doing) an action or how long something has happened (been happening). In English, we say It has been (time).

If someone asks me How long have you quit smoking? I would say (It has been) five years. The time is 5년 (read as 오 년). The subject particle (이/가) may be attached. Then, we add 됐다. The actual sentence is 5년(이) 됐어(요).

1(일)주일 됐어.

It’s been a week.

1(한)달 됐어.

It’s been a month.

이틀 됐어요.

It’s been two days.