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말씀하다

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Korean

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Etymology

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말씀 (malsseum) +‎ -하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)ɭs͈ɯmɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [말(ː)씀하다]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?malsseumhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mal'sseumhada
McCune–Reischauer?malssŭmhada
Yale Romanization?māl.ssumhata

Verb

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말씀하다 • (malsseumhada) (infinitive 말씀해 or 말씀하여, sequential 말씀하니)

  1. (honorific, transitive or intransitive) to speak, to say
    Synonym: (regular) 말하다 (malhada)
    좀 더 천천히 말씀해주세요.
    Jom deo cheoncheonhi malsseumhae-juseyo.
    Please speak more slowly.
    다시 한 번 말씀하십시요.
    Dasi han beon malsseumhasipsiyo.
    Please say (it) again (one more time).

Conjugation

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