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고약하다

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Korean

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Etymology

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고약 (goyak) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ja̠kʰa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?goyakhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?goyaghada
McCune–Reischauer?koyakhada
Yale Romanization?kō.yak.hata

Adjective

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고약하다 (goyakhada) (infinitive 고약해 or 고약하여, sequential 고약하니)

  1. awful, nasty, foul
    싸고 나쁜 음식 냄새 고약했다.
    Geu gaps-i ssago jir-i nappeun eumsig-eun naemsae-ga goyak-haetda.
    The cheap and nasty food smelled awful.

Conjugation

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