Let's learn about "잘못했어요"

잘못했어요 : (1) I did wrong (2) It was my a mistake

ex)

1. 잘못하다가는 우리 부산가는 KTX열차 놓친다. 빨리 서둘러 가자 <-- 잘못해서 늦게 도착하면 우리 부산가는 KTX열차 놓친다. 빨리 서둘러 가자 : If we do something wrong, we will miss the KTX train to Busan. Come on, let's go <-- If you arrive late by mistake, we will miss the KTX train to Busan. Come on, let's go

2. 자칫 잘못하면 큰 싸움(이) 나겠다 : We'll have a big fight if we make a mistake

[other expressions]

- 잘못했다. (to younger people or friends)

- 잘못했네. (to younger people or friends)

- 잘못했어. (to younger people or friends)

- 잘못했네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 잘못했어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 잘못했습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[explanations]

* 내 : I (non-honourific word to younger people or friends)

* 제 : I (honourific word to the elderly)

* -가 : a particle makes 나 / 저 the toic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel; when this omitted, the sentence is more natural

* 잘못하다 : [Pronunciation: 잘모타다] (1) [=오해하다•착각하다•그르치다•잘못 생각하다•일이 어그러지다] mistake (2) [=실수하다•올바르게 행동하지 못하고 어물어물하다] commit an error

* 잘못했다 : past tense of 잘못하다 by '-었-'

* 잘못했습니다 : 잘못했(the stem of 잘못했다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -아 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -아 / -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘스’ / ‘-ㅂ’