어떻게

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Korean

Etymology

From 어떻- (eotteot-, “(to be) in what state; (to be) how”) +‎ -게 (-ge, adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eotteoke
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eo'tteohge
McCune–Reischauer?ŏttŏk'e
Yale Romanization?e.ttehkey

Adverb

어떻게 • (eotteoke)

  1. how; adverbial form of 어떻다 (eotteota)
    내가 그 시험에 어떻게 통과하지?
    Nae-ga geu siheom-e eotteoke tonggwa-haji?
    How can I pass the exam?
    안녕, 피트. 어떻게 지내? 안녕 아나. 좋아. 넌 어떻게 지내? 굉장히 잘 지내.
    Annyeong, piteu. Eotteoke jinae? annyeong ana. Joa. Neon eotteoke jinae? goengjanghi jal jinae.
    Oh, hi, Pete. How’s it going? — Hi, Anna. It’s going great. How’s it going with you? — Things are awesome!
    Original English texts from 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  2. (어떻게 되다) what is … ?
    성함이 어떻게 되세요? ― Seongham-i eotteoke doeseyo? ― What is your name?
    나이가 어떻게 되세요? ― Nai-ga eotteoke doeseyo? ― What is your age?
    이 컴퓨터는 가격이 어떻게 됩니까? ― I keompyuteo-neun gagyeog-i eotteoke doemnikka? ― How much is this computer?
    이자율이 어떻게 되지요? ― Ijayur-i eotteoke doejiyo? ― What is the interest rate?
  3. why
    어떻게 오셨어요? ― Eotteoke osyeosseoyo? ― What brings you here? Why have you come?

Derived terms

See also

Korean demonstratives
Determiner 이 (i) 그 (geu) 저 (jeo) 어느 (eoneu)
Pronoun Human 이이 (ii) 그이 (geu'i) 저이 (jeoi) 뉘 (nwi)
이분 (ibun) 그분 (geubun) 저분 (jeobun) 어느 분 (eoneu bun)
이자 (ija) 그자 (geuja) 저자 (jeoja)
얘 (yae) 걔 (gyae) 쟤 (jae)
Object 이 (i) (그 (geu))1 (저 (jeo))1
이것 (igeot) 그것 (geugeot) 저것 (jeogeot) 어느 것 (eoneu geot)
이거 (igeo) 그거 (geugeo) 저거 (jeogeo) 어느 거 (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 쪽 (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.

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