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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 아직〮 (Yale: àcík), also attested as 안ᄌᆞᆨ〮 (Yale: àncók), 안직〮 (Yale: àncík). All three MK forms are preserved in various dialects, but only the non-nasal one is accepted in the standard Seoul variety.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | ajik |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ajig |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ajik |
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| Yale Romanization? | acik |
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Adverb
아직 • (ajik)
- still
"아직도 한참 남은 일이라서, 지금은 그것에 대해서 생각하지 않고 있어요"라고 말했다.- Ajikdo hancham nameun iriraseo, jigeum-eun geugeos-e daehaeseo saenggakhaji anko isseoyorago malhaetda.
- "I'm not currently thinking about it because there's still a long way to go," he said.
- (with an explicit or implicit negative verb) yet, not yet
아이가 있습니까? — 아니요, 아직 없습니다.- Aiga itseumnikka? - Aniyo, ajik eopseumnida.
- Do you have children? — No, not yet.
해 떴어? — 아직.- Hae tteosseo? - Ajik.
- Has the sun come up? — Not yet.
Middle Korean
Pronunciation
Adverb
아직〮 (àcík)
- Alternative form of 안직〮 (àncík, “still; yet; etc.”).