Korean

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Etymology

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말씀 (malsseum) +‎ -하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)ɭs͈ɯmɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?malsseumhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mal'sseumhada
McCune–Reischauer?malssŭmhada
Yale Romanization?māl.ssumhata

Verb

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말씀하다 (malsseumhada) (infinitive 말씀해 or 말씀하여, sequential 말씀하니)

  1. (honorific, transitive or intransitive) to speak, to say

Conjugation

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