그렇다

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Korean

Etymology

Contraction of 그러하다 (geureohada).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geureota
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geuleohda
McCune–Reischauer?kŭrŏt'a
Yale Romanization?kulehta

Adjective

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 그렇다 (geureota)
Yang-form 고렇다 (goreota)

그렇다 (geureota) (irregular, infinitive 그래, sequential 그러니)

  1. to be thus, in that way; to be correct
    그래요?geuraeyo?Really?

Conjugation

See also

Korean demonstratives
Determiner (i) (geu) (jeo) 어느 (eoneu)
Pronoun Human 이이 (ii) 그이 (geu'i) 저이 (jeoi) (nwi)
이분 (ibun) 그분 (geubun) 저분 (jeobun) 어느 (eoneu bun)
이자 (ija) 그자 (geuja) 저자 (jeoja)
(yae) (gyae) (jae)
Object (i) ( (geu))1 ( (jeo))1
이것 (igeot) 그것 (geugeot) 저것 (jeogeot) 어느 (eoneu geot)
이거 (igeo) 그거 (geugeo) 저거 (jeogeo) 어느 (eoneu geo)
Place 여기 (yeogi) 거기 (geogi) 저기 (jeogi) 어디 (eodi)
이곳 (igot) 그곳 (geugot) 저곳 (jeogot) 어느 곳 (eoneu got)
Direction 이쪽 (ijjok) 그쪽 (geujjok) 저쪽 (jeojjok) 어느 (eoneu jjok)
Time 이때 (ittae) 그때 (geuttae) 접때 (jeopttae) 언제 (eonje)
Verb 이러다 (ireoda) 그러다 (geureoda) 저러다 (jeoreoda) 어쩌다 (eojjeoda)
이리하다 (irihada) 그리하다 (geurihada) 저리하다 (jeorihada) 어찌하다 (eojjihada)
Adjective 이렇다 (ireota) 그렇다 (geureota) 저렇다 (jeoreota) 어떻다 (eotteota)
이러하다 (ireohada) 그러하다 (geureohada) 저러하다 (jeoreohada) 어떠하다 (eotteohada)
Adverb 이리 (iri) 그리 (geuri) 저리 (jeori) 어찌 (eojji)
이렇게 (ireoke) 그렇게 (geureoke) 저렇게 (jeoreoke) 어떻게 (eotteoke)
이만큼 (imankeum) 그만큼 (geumankeum) 저만큼 (jeomankeum) 얼마만큼 (eolmamankeum)
(얼마큼 (eolmakeum))

1 Not common.

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 May 27 (last accessed)) “그렇다 [geureota]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎