Korean

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eojjeoda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eo'jjeoda
McCune–Reischauer?ŏtchŏda
Yale Romanization?e.cceta

Etymology 1

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Contracted form of 어찌하다 (eojjihada).

Verb

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어쩌다 (eojjeoda) (irregular, infinitive 어째, sequential 어쩌니)

  1. to be inevitable
  2. to be in a certain way
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Contracted form of 어찌하다가 (eojjihadaga).

Adverb

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어쩌다 (eojjeoda)

  1. as it happens; by chance
  2. somehow