고약하다

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Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • 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

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