모든

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Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 모ᄃᆞᆫ〮 (Yale: mwòtón), originally the realis adnominal inflection of the verb 몯다〮 (mwòttá, to gather, to assemble), hence literally " assembled", but never perceived as such by modern speakers.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
    • (file)
  • Phonetic hangul:
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?modeun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?modeun
McCune–Reischauer?modŭn
Yale Romanization?mōtun

Determiner

모든 (modeun)

  1. all, every, each
    모든 로마 통한다.
    modeun gir-eun roma-ro tonghanda.
    all roads lead to Rome

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