어눌하다

Korean

Etymology

어눌(語訥) (eonul) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɘ(ː)nuɾɦa̠da̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [어(ː)눌하다]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eonulhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eonulhada
McCune–Reischauer?	ŏnurhada
Yale Romanization?	ēnwul.hata

Adjective

어눌하다 • (eonulhada) (infinitive 어눌해 or 어눌하여, sequential 어눌하니)

1. to be inarticulate (in speech)
2. to be awkward and slow (in speech)

   그는 말하는 것이 어눌하다. ― Geu-neun malhaneun geos-i eonul-hada. ― His speech is awkward and slow.

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the adjective 어눌하다 (eonulhada): vowel-stem, 하(ha)-irregular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	어눌하다 eonulhada	어눌해 eonulhae	어눌해요 eonulhaeyo	어눌합니다 eonulhamnida
	Past	어눌했다 eonulhaetda	어눌했어 eonulhaesseo	어눌했어요 eonulhaesseoyo	어눌했습니다 eonulhaetseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	어눌하냐 eonulhanya	어눌해 eonulhae	어눌해요 eonulhaeyo	어눌합니까 eonulhamnikka
	Past	어눌했냐 eonulhaennya	어눌했어 eonulhaesseo	어눌했어요 eonulhaesseoyo	어눌했습니까 eonulhaetseumnikka
Assertive		어눌하겠다 eonulhagetda	어눌하겠어 eonulhagesseo	어눌하겠어요 eonulhagesseoyo	어눌하겠습니다 eonulhagetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		어눌해 eonulhae	어눌해서, 어눌하여서 eonulhaeseo, eonulhayeoseo	어눌하니 eonulhani	어눌하니까 eonulhanikka
Contrast		어눌하지만 eonulhajiman	어눌한데 eonulhande	어눌하더니 eonulhadeoni
Conjunction		어눌하고 eonulhago
Condition		어눌하면 eonulhamyeon	어눌해야, 어눌하여야 eonulhaeya, eonulhayeoya
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		어눌함 eonulham	어눌하기 eonulhagi
Past-tense verbal nouns		어눌했음, 어눌하였음 eonulhaesseum, eonulhayeosseum	어눌했기, 어눌하였기 eonulhaetgi, eonulhayeotgi
Determiners	Present		어눌한 eonulhan
	Future		어눌할 eonulhal

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Plain (해라체)	Informal (해체)	Polite (해요체)	Formal (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	어눌하시다 eonulhasida	어눌하셔 eonulhasyeo	어눌하세요, 어눌하셔요 eonulhaseyo, eonulhasyeoyo	어눌하십니다 eonulhasimnida
	Past	어눌하셨다 eonulhasyeotda	어눌하셨어 eonulhasyeosseo	어눌하셨어요 eonulhasyeosseoyo	어눌하셨습니다 eonulhasyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	어눌하시냐 eonulhasinya	어눌하셔 eonulhasyeo	어눌하세요, 어눌하셔요 eonulhaseyo, eonulhasyeoyo	어눌하십니까 eonulhasimnikka
	Past	어눌하셨냐 eonulhasyeonnya	어눌하셨어 eonulhasyeosseo	어눌하셨어요 eonulhasyeosseoyo	어눌하셨습니까 eonulhasyeotseumnikka
Assertive		어눌하시겠다 eonulhasigetda	어눌하시겠어 eonulhasigesseo	어눌하시겠어요 eonulhasigesseoyo	어눌하시겠습니다 eonulhasigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		어눌하셔 eonulhasyeo	어눌하셔서 eonulhasyeoseo	어눌하시니 eonulhasini	어눌하시니까 eonulhasinikka
Contrast		어눌하시지만 eonulhasijiman	어눌하신데 eonulhasinde	어눌하시더니 eonulhasideoni
Conjunction		어눌하시고 eonulhasigo
Condition		어눌하시면 eonulhasimyeon	어눌하셔야 eonulhasyeoya
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		어눌하심 eonulhasim	어눌하시기 eonulhasigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		어눌하셨음 eonulhasyeosseum	어눌하셨기 eonulhasyeotgi
Determiners	Present		어눌하신 eonulhasin
	Future		어눌하실 eonulhasil