Word
버스가 지연돼서 오래 기다렸어요.beoseuga jiyeondwaeseo orae gidaryeosseoyo.
Meaning
The bus was delayed, so I waited for a long time.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of beoseuga jiyeondwaeseo orae gidaryeosseoyo.
~가~ga
subject particle
버스beoseu
bus
기다리다gidarida
to wait
지연되다jiyeondoeda
to be delayed
Questions & Answers about beoseuga jiyeondwaeseo orae gidaryeosseoyo.
Why is it 버스가 and not 버스를?
버스가 uses the subject marker -가/-이, because the sentence is describing what happened to the bus: the bus was delayed.
지연되다 means to be delayed (something undergoes a delay), so 버스 is the grammatical subject of 지연되다.
If you used 버스를, it would suggest the bus is the object of some other action (like I missed the bus / I took the bus / I waited for the bus), but that’s not what this first clause is doing.
What does 지연돼서 come from? Why is it written like that?
지연돼서 is a common contraction:
- Dictionary form: 지연되다 (to be delayed)
- Conjugation: 지연되어서 (being delayed, and so…)
- Contracted: 지연돼서
So 돼서 is basically 되어서 shortened (very common in spoken/written Korean).
Is 지연되다 passive? What’s the active form?