Korean

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Etymology

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잘못 (jalmot, mistake) +‎ 되다 (-doeda, to become, light verb deriving passive verbs).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕa̠ɭmo̞t̚t͈we̞da̠] ~ [t͡ɕa̠ɭmo̞t̚t͈ø̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jalmotdoeda
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jalmosdoeda
McCune–Reischauer?chalmottoeda
Yale Romanization?cal.mostoyta

Verb

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잘못되다 (jalmotdoeda) (infinitive 잘못돼 or 잘못되어, sequential 잘못되니) (intransitive)

  1. to go wrong, to go awry
  2. to die unexpectedly, of accident or disease

Conjugation

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