Korean edit

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eojjeoda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eo'jjeoda
McCune–Reischauer?ŏtchŏda
Yale Romanization?e.cceta

Etymology 1 edit

Contracted form of 어찌하다 (eojjihada).

Verb edit

어쩌다 (eojjeoda) (irregular, infinitive 어째, sequential 어쩌니)

  1. to be inevitable
  2. to be in a certain way
Conjugation edit
See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Contracted form of 어찌하다가 (eojjihadaga).

Adverb edit

어쩌다 (eojjeoda)

  1. as it happens; by chance
  2. somehow