Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 오라다 (Yale: wolata).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oraeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?olaeda
McCune–Reischauer?oraeda
Yale Romanization?olayta

Adjective edit

오래다 (oraeda) (infinitive 오래 or 오래어, sequential 오래니)

  1. (to be) long continued; having experienced a long duration (since the previous occurrence or some specific event)
    오랜만이지요?
    oraenmanijiyo?
    It has been a long time. [Since the last time we saw each other, hasn't it?]

Conjugation edit