Korean

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Etymology

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느닷 (neudat, meaning unknown) + 없다 (eopda, “to lack; to not have”).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?neudadeopda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?neudas'eobsda
McCune–Reischauer?nŭdadŏpta
Yale Romanization?nutas.epsta

Adjective

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느닷없다 (neudadeopda) (infinitive 느닷없어, sequential 느닷없으니)

  1. to be sudden, to be unforeseen
    느닷없이 행복졌다.
    Neudadeopsi haengbokhaejeotda.
    I became all of a sudden happy.

Conjugation

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