알게 뭐야

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin. From 알다 (alda, “to know”) + 뭐 (mwo, “what”) + -야 (-ya).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠ɭɡe̞ mwʌ̹ja̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [알게 뭐야]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	alge mwoya
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	alge mwoya
McCune–Reischauer?	alge mwŏya
Yale Romanization?	al.key mwe.ya

Interjection

알게 뭐야 • (alge mwo-ya)

1. what the hell?; who cares?

See also

• 빌어먹을 (bireomeogeul)