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늦을망정 안 하느니보다 낫다

phrase

neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda natda

better late than never

Conjugation

Casual반말 — between close friends

Polite해요체 — standard politeness

Formal합쇼체 — very formal

	Casual	Polite	Formal
Present	늦을망정 안 하느니보다 낫다 neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda natda better than not doing it even if it's late	늦을망정 안 하느니보다 나아요 neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda naayo better than not doing it even if it will be late	늦을망정 안 하느니보다 낫습니다 neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda natseumnida better than not doing it even if it will be late
Past	늦을망정 안 하느니보다 낫다 neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda natda better than not doing it even if it was late	늦을망정 안 하느니보다 나았어요 neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda naasseoyo better than not doing it even if it will be lated	늦을망정 안 하느니보다 나았습니다 neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda naatseumnida better than not doing it even if it will be lated
Future	늦을망정 안 하느니보다 낫다 neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda natda better than not doing it even if it will be late	늦을망정 안 하느니보다 나을 거예요 neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda naeul geoyeyo will better than not doing it even if it will be late	늦을망정 안 하느니보다 나을 것입니다 neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda naeul geosimnida will better than not doing it even if it will be late

Present

Casual
늦을망정 안 하느니보다 낫다
neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda natda
better than not doing it even if it's late
Polite
늦을망정 안 하느니보다 나아요
neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda naayo
better than not doing it even if it will be late
Formal
늦을망정 안 하느니보다 낫습니다
neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda natseumnida
better than not doing it even if it will be late

Past

Casual
늦을망정 안 하느니보다 낫다
neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda natda
better than not doing it even if it was late
Polite
늦을망정 안 하느니보다 나았어요
neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda naasseoyo
better than not doing it even if it will be lated
Formal
늦을망정 안 하느니보다 나았습니다
neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda naatseumnida
better than not doing it even if it will be lated

Future

Casual
늦을망정 안 하느니보다 낫다
neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda natda
better than not doing it even if it will be late
Polite
늦을망정 안 하느니보다 나을 거예요
neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda naeul geoyeyo
will better than not doing it even if it will be late
Formal
늦을망정 안 하느니보다 나을 것입니다
neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda naeul geosimnida
will better than not doing it even if it will be late

Other forms

Examples

늦을망정 안 하느니보다 낫다, 그래서 나는 지금 시작할 거야.
neujeulmangjeong an haneuniboda natda, geureseo naneun jigeum sijakhal geoya.
Better late than never, so I will start now.

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