었

Korean

Etymology 1

어억얶얷언얹얺 얻얼얽얾얿엀엁 엂엃엄업없엇었 엉엊엋엌엍엎엏
얘 ←	→ 에

Syllable

(deprecated template usage) 었 • (eot)

1. (deprecated template usage) A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅇ, ㅓ, and ㅆ.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• 았 (at, “at”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ʌ̹t̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [얻]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eoss
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏt
Yale Romanization?	ess

Suffix

—었 • (-eot)

1. -ed (past tense marker for sentence-final verbs and adjectives)

   그것들은 정말 간단한 것들이었다.

   geugeotdeureun jeongmal gandanhan geotdeurieotda.

   They were really simple things.

Usage notes

었 (eot, “eot”) is used after syllables with “dark” vowels, i.e. 어 (eo, “eo”) and 우 (u, “u”). After “bright” vowels, 았 (at, “at”) is used instead. If the syllable to which 었 (eot, “eot”) is appended ends in the vowel 어 (eo, “eo”) or 으 (eu, “eu”), the two syllables usually contract:

• 서다 (seoda, “to stand; to stop”): 서 (seo, “seo”) + 었 (eot, “-ed”) + 다 (da, “da”): 섰다 (seotda, “stood, stopped”)
• 쓰다 (sseuda, “to write; to be bitter”): 쓰 (sseu, “sseu”) + 었 (eot, “-ed”) + 다 (da, “da”): 썼다 (seotda, “wrote, was bitter”)