용하다

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Korean

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Etymology

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Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 영하다 (, yeonghada, “to be supernaturally potent”).

Equivalent to (yong) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjo(ː)ŋɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yonghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yonghada
McCune–Reischauer?yonghada
Yale Romanization?yōnghata

Adjective

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용하다 (yonghada) (infinitive 용해 or 용하여, sequential 용하니)

  1. to be skilled, to be excellent (especially of a shaman)
    먼 무당이 용하다
    meon mudang-i yong-hada
    The grass is greener on the other side
    (literally, “The shaman from far away is more skilled (proverb)”)
    용네. (Gyeongsang dialect, Changwon)
    Nae jeom-i yongne.
    It happened just as I thought it would.
    (literally, “My fortune-telling is skilled.”)
  2. (of a task or positive event) to be accomplished or to have occurred despite difficulty or unlikely circumstances
    용하게 눈물 참았네.
    Yong-hage nunmur-eul chamanne.
    You managed to hold in your tears.
  3. (of a person) to have accomplished a difficult task

Conjugation

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