Korean

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Etymology

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부탁(付託) (butak) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈpu(ː)tʰa̠kʰa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?butakhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?butaghada
McCune–Reischauer?put'akhada
Yale Romanization?pū.thak.hata

Verb

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부탁하다 (butakhada) (infinitive 부탁해 or 부탁하여, sequential 부탁하니)

  1. to request, to ask to do well, to ask to handle well
    간곡히 부탁하다gan'gok-hi butak-hadato plead with
    후사 부탁하다husa-reul butak-hadato entrust
    달라고 부탁하다dallago butak-hadato hit up
    후사 부탁해요.Husa-reul butak-haeyo.I’ll leave the matter to you.
    회의 참석 부탁합니다.Hoe'ui chamseog-eul butak-hamnida.I’d like to ask you to attend the meeting.

Conjugation

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