가련하다

Korean

Etymology

가련(可憐) (garyeon) + 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)ɾjʌ̹nɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?garyeonhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?galyeonhada
McCune–Reischauer?karyŏnhada
Yale Romanization?kālyen.hata

Adjective

가련하다 • (garyeonhada) (infinitive 가련해 or 가련하여, sequential 가련하니)

  1. to be miserable or wretched

Conjugation

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