어색하다

Korean

Etymology

어색(語塞) (eosaek) + 하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈɘ(ː)sʰɛkʰa̠da̠] ~ [ˈɘ(ː)sʰe̞kʰa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eosaekhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eosaeghada
McCune–Reischauer?ŏsaekhada
Yale Romanization?ēsayk.hata

Adjective

어색하다 (eosaekhada) (infinitive 어색해 or 어색하여, sequential 어색하니)

  1. (to be) awkward

Conjugation

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