할 바에는 해도 좋다

Expression

hal baeneun haedo johda

If you are going to do it, you might as well do it well

Si tu vas le faire, autant bien le faire

Conjugation

Casual반말 — between close friends

Polite해요체 — standard politeness

Formal합쇼체 — very formal

	Casual	Polite	Formal
Present	—	—	할 바에는 해도 좋다 hal baeneun haedo johda if you must do it, it's okay to do it
Past	할 바에는 해도 좋았어 hal baeneun haedo johasseo if you had to do it, it was okay to do it	—	할 바에는 해도 좋았다 hal baeneun haedo johatda if you had to do it, it was okay to do it
Future	할 바에는 해도 좋을 거야 hal baeneun haedo joheul geoya if you will have to do it, it will be okay to do it	—	할 바에는 해도 좋을 것이다 hal baeneun haedo joheul geosida if you will have to do it, it will be okay to do it

Casual

Polite

Formal

Present

—

hal baeneun haedo johda

if you must do it, it's okay to do it

Past

hal baeneun haedo johasseo

if you had to do it, it was okay to do it

—

hal baeneun haedo johatda

if you had to do it, it was okay to do it

Future

hal baeneun haedo joheul geoya

if you will have to do it, it will be okay to do it

—

hal baeneun haedo joheul geosida

if you will have to do it, it will be okay to do it

Present

Casual
—
Polite
—
Formal
할 바에는 해도 좋다
hal baeneun haedo johda
if you must do it, it's okay to do it

Past

Casual
할 바에는 해도 좋았어
hal baeneun haedo johasseo
if you had to do it, it was okay to do it
Polite
—
Formal
할 바에는 해도 좋았다
hal baeneun haedo johatda
if you had to do it, it was okay to do it

Future

Casual
할 바에는 해도 좋을 거야
hal baeneun haedo joheul geoya
if you will have to do it, it will be okay to do it
Polite
—
Formal
할 바에는 해도 좋을 것이다
hal baeneun haedo joheul geosida
if you will have to do it, it will be okay to do it

이 일을 할 바에는 최선을 다해야 한다.
i il-eul hal baeneun choeseon-eul dahaeya handa.
If you are going to do this job, you should do your best.

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