Korean

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Etymology

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영원(永遠) (yeong'won) +‎ 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈjɘ(ː)ŋwʌ̹nɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeong'wonhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeong'wonhada
McCune–Reischauer?yŏngwŏnhada
Yale Romanization?yēngwen.hata

Adjective

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영원하다 (yeong'wonhada) (infinitive 영원해 or 영원하여, sequential 영원하니)

  1. (to be) eternal, permanent, everlasting

Conjugation

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