어렵다
Korean
Etymology
Of native Korean origin.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key)[ʌ̹ɾjʌ̹p̚t͈a̠]
- Phonetic Hangul[어렵따]
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Adjective
어렵다 • (eoryeopda) (irregular, infinitive 어려워, sequential 어려우니)
- difficult, hard
- 시험이 어려웠니?
- Siheomi eoryeowonni?
- Was the examination difficult?
- difficult, awkward, particular (e.g. a person's taste in food)
- poor, suffering from poverty
Conjugation
Selected forms of the adjective 어렵다 (eoryeopda)
| Stems | |
|---|---|
| Stem 1 | 어렵 (eoryeop) |
| Stem 2 | 어려워 (eoryeowo) |
| Stem 3 | 어려우 (eoryeou) |
| Conjugation type | Consonant-stem, ㅂ(b)-irregular |
| Sentence-final forms | |||||
| Formal non-polite (해라체) | Informal non-polite (해체) | Informal polite (해요체) | Formal polite (하십시오체) | ||
| Indicative | Non-past | 어렵다 eoryeopda | 어려워 eoryeowo | 어려워요 eoryeowoyo | 어렵습니다 eoryeopseumnida |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past | 어려웠다 eoryeowotda | 어려웠어 eoryeowosseo | 어려웠어요 eoryeowosseoyo | 어려웠습니다 eoryeowotseumnida | |
| Interrogative | Non-past | 어려우냐 eoryeounya | 어려워 eoryeowo | 어려워요 eoryeowoyo | 어렵습니까 eoryeopseumnikka |
| Past | 어려웠냐 eoryeowonnya | 어려웠어 eoryeowosseo | 어려웠어요 eoryeowosseoyo | 어려웠습니까 eoryeowotseumnikka | |
| Assertive | 어렵겠다 eoryeopgetda | 어렵겠어 eoryeopgesseo | 어렵겠어요 eoryeopgesseoyo | 어렵겠습니다 eoryeopgetseumnida | |
| Connective forms | |||||
| Cause/Reason | 어려워 eoryeowo | 어려워서 eoryeowoseo | 어려우니 eoryeouni | 어려우니까 eoryeounikka | |
| Contrast | 어렵지만 eoryeopjiman | 어려운데 eoryeounde | 어렵더니 eoryeopdeoni | ||
| Conjunction | 어렵고 eoryeopgo | ||||
| Condition | 어려우면 eoryeoumyeon | 어려워야 eoryeowoya | |||
| Noun and determiner forms | |||||
| Verbal nouns | 어려움 eoryeoum | 어렵기 eoryeopgi | |||
| Past-tense verbal nouns | 어려웠음 eoryeowosseum | 어려웠기 eoryeowotgi | |||
| Determiners | Present | 어려운 eoryeoun | |||
| Future | 어려울 eoryeoul | ||||
| Sentence-final forms with honorific | |||||
| Plain (해라체) | Informal (해체) | Polite (해요체) | Formal (하십시오체) | ||
| Indicative | Non-past | 어려우시다 eoryeousida | 어려우셔 eoryeousyeo | 어려우세요, 어려우셔요 eoryeouseyo, eoryeousyeoyo | 어려우십니다 eoryeousimnida |
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| Past | 어려우셨다 eoryeousyeotda | 어려우셨어 eoryeousyeosseo | 어려우셨어요 eoryeousyeosseoyo | 어려우셨습니다 eoryeousyeotseumnida | |
| Interrogative | Non-past | 어려우시냐 eoryeousinya | 어려우셔 eoryeousyeo | 어려우세요, 어려우셔요 eoryeouseyo, eoryeousyeoyo | 어려우십니까 eoryeousimnikka |
| Past | 어려우셨냐 eoryeousyeonnya | 어려우셨어 eoryeousyeosseo | 어려우셨어요 eoryeousyeosseoyo | 어려우셨습니까 eoryeousyeotseumnikka | |
| Assertive | 어려우시겠다 eoryeousigetda | 어려우시겠어 eoryeousigesseo | 어려우시겠어요 eoryeousigesseoyo | 어려우시겠습니다 eoryeousigetseumnida | |
| Connective forms with honorific | |||||
| Cause/Reason | 어려우셔 eoryeousyeo | 어려우셔서 eoryeousyeoseo | 어려우시니 eoryeousini | 어려우시니까 eoryeousinikka | |
| Contrast | 어려우시지만 eoryeousijiman | 어려우신데 eoryeousinde | 어려우시더니 eoryeousideoni | ||
| Conjunction | 어려우시고 eoryeousigo | ||||
| Condition | 어려우시면 eoryeousimyeon | 어려우셔야 eoryeousyeoya | |||
| Noun and determiner forms with honorific | |||||
| Verbal nouns | 어려우심 eoryeousim | 어려우시기 eoryeousigi | |||
| Past-tense verbal nouns | 어려우셨음 eoryeousyeosseum | 어려우셨기 eoryeousyeotgi | |||
| Determiners | Present | 어려우신 eoryeousin | |||
| Future | 어려우실 eoryeousil | ||||