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못나다

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Korean

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Etymology

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(mot, poorly) +‎ 나다 (-nada).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmo̞(ː)nna̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?monnada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mosnada
McCune–Reischauer?monnada
Yale Romanization?mōsnata

Adjective

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못나다 (monnada) (infinitive 못나, sequential 못나니)

  1. (to be) ugly, bad-looking
    Antonym: 잘나다 (jallada)
  2. (to be) stupid, dumb

Conjugation

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