어떻다

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Korean

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Contraction of 어떠하다 (eotteohada).

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 엇〯더〮ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: ěsté-hòtá), from Middle Korean 엇〯더〮 (Yale: ěsté, “how, in what state”) + ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: hòtá, “to do”, light verb). Compare Jeju 어떵ᄒᆞ다 (eotteonghawda).

Beyond Koreanic, possibly connected to Proto-Japonic *e-ka (how) (whence Japanese 如何 (ika, how)) (Vovin 2020, 302).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ʌ̹t͈ʌ̹tʰa̠]
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  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eotteota
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eo'tteohda
McCune–Reischauer?ŏttŏt'a
Yale Romanization?e.ttehta

Adjective

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어떻다 (eotteota) (irregular, infinitive 어때, sequential 어떠니)

  1. (to be) in what state; (to be) how
    어떻습니까?
    eotteoseumnikka?
    How is that?
    내일 저녁 어때요? / 좋아요. 예요?
    naeil jeonyeog-eun eottaeyo? / joayo. myeot siyeyo?
    How about tomorrow night? / Ok. What time?
    아파트 어때? — 아파트 훌륭해.
    sae apateu-neun eottae? - sae apateu-neun hullyunghae.
    How's the new apartment? — The new apartment is great!
    Original English texts from 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

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