보잘것없다

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Korean

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Etymology

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보— (bo-, “to see, to look”) + —자 (-ja, “as soon as”) + 하— (ha-, “to do”) + —ㄹ (-l, prospective suffix) + (geot, “the thing which”) + 없— (eop-, “to not have”) + —다 (-da, declarative ending), literally "to not have the thing which makes it worthy to look at".

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?bojalgeodeopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?bojalgeos'eobsda
McCune–Reischauer?pojalkŏdŏpta
Yale Romanization?pocalqkes.epsta

Adjective

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보잘것없다 (bojalgeodeopda) (infinitive 보잘것없어, sequential 보잘것없으니)

  1. to be worthless, valueless, useless
    보잘것없지만 제 감사의 표시로 받아 주십시오.
    bojalgeodeopjiman je gamsaui pyosiro bada jusipsio.
    This is not much but please accept it as a token of my gratitude.
    당신 같은 사람 없이는 저는 보잘것없는 사람에 불과해요.
    dangsin gateun saram eopsineun jeoneun bojalgeodeomneun sarame bulgwahaeyo.
    I'm nobody without someone like you.
    집이 허울은 좋은데 안은 보잘것없다.
    jibi heoureun jo'eunde aneun bojalgeodeopda.
    The house looks nice from the outside but the inside is nothing much to look at.

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