무엇
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[edit] Korean
[edit] Alternative forms
- (in speech) 뭐 (mwo)
[edit] Etymology
First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as 므스것 (Yale: musukes).
[edit] Pronunciation
Romanization
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mueot |
mueos |
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| McCune-Reischauer |
muŏt |
mwues |
[edit] Pronoun
무엇 (mu-eot)
- (interrogative pronoun) what - used in questions
- 이게 뭐예요? (Ige mweo-yeyo?) What is this?
- 뭐라고 했어요? (mwo-rago haesseoyo?) What did [you] say?
- something, anything
[edit] See also
- As object
