곤란하다

Korean

Etymology

곤란(困難) (gollan) +‎ -하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈko̞(ː)ɭɭa̠nɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gollanhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gonlanhada
McCune–Reischauer?kollanhada
Yale Romanization?kōnlan.hata

Adjective

곤란하다 • (gollanhada) (infinitive 곤란해 or 곤란하여, sequential 곤란하니)

  1. (to be) difficult, hard
    에게 곤란하게 같다.Nae-ga neo-ege gollan-hage haet-deon geot gatda.It looks like I'm stuck with you.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 곤란히 (困難-, gollanhi, “with difficulty”)