Korean edit

Etymology edit

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 귿내다 (Yale: kutnayta). Causative form of 끝나다 (kkeunnada, “to be finished”).

Pronunciation edit

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?kkeunnaeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?kkeutnaeda
McCune–Reischauer?kkŭnnaeda
Yale Romanization?kkuthnayta

Verb edit

Korean verb set
Base 끝나다 (kkeunnada)
Causative끝내다 (kkeunnaeda)

끝내다 (kkeunnaeda) (infinitive 끝내 or 끝내어, sequential 끝내니)

  1. To finish something.
    난 이것을 점심 시간까지 끝낼 것이다.
    nan igeoseul jeomsim sigankkaji kkeunnael geosida.
    I'll get this finished by lunchtime.

Conjugation edit