가로다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄀᆞᆯ다 (Yale: kolta). The Middle Korean form was not defective.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾo̞da̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [가로다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	garoda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	galoda
McCune–Reischauer?	karoda
Yale Romanization?	kalota

Verb

가로다 • (garoda)

1. (defective, dated in honorific quotative, archaic otherwise) to say

   공자님 가라사대, "배우고 때때로 익히면 즐겁지 아니한가?"

   Gongja-nim garasadae, "baeugo ttattaero ikimyeon jeulgeopji ani-hanga?"

   "Is it not pleasant to learn and sometimes to practice?" Quoth Confucius.

Usage notes

This verb is defective and has only three possible (if quite archaic) conjugations: the non-honorific quotative 가로되 (garodoe), the honorific quotative 가라사대 (garasadae), and the past adnominal 가론 (garon). It is comparable to English quethe, a similarly defective verb meaning "to say".