"어떻다" meaning in Korean

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Adjective

IPA: [ʌ̹t͈ʌ̹tʰa̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul]
Etymology: Contraction of 어떠하다 (eotteohada). First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 엇〯더〮ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: ěsté-hòtá), from Middle Korean 엇〯더〮 (Yale: ěsté, “how, in what state”) + ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: hòtá, “to do”, light verb). Compare Jeju 어떵ᄒᆞ다 (eotteonghawda). Beyond Koreanic, possibly connected to Proto-Japonic *e-ka (“how”) (whence Japanese 如何 (ika, “how”)) (Vovin 2020, 302). Etymology templates: {{ko-l|어떠하다}} 어떠하다 (eotteohada), {{ko-etym-native|yb|엇〯더〮ᄒᆞ다〮|ěsté-hòtá|dot=,}} First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 엇〯더〮ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: ěsté-hòtá),, {{der|ko|okm|-}} Middle Korean, {{m|okm|엇〯더〮|tr=-}} 엇〯더〮, {{okm-inline|엇〯더〮|ěsté|how, in what state}} 엇〯더〮 (Yale: ěsté, “how, in what state”), {{m|okm|ᄒᆞ다〮|tr=-}} ᄒᆞ다〮, {{okm-inline|ᄒᆞ다〮|hòtá|to do|5=light verb}} ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: hòtá, “to do”, light verb), {{cog|jje|어떵ᄒᆞ다}} Jeju 어떵ᄒᆞ다 (eotteonghawda), {{m+|jpx-pro|*e-ka|t=how|w=1}} Proto-Japonic *e-ka (“how”), {{m+|ja|如何|t=how|tr=ika|w=1}} Japanese 如何 (ika, “how”), {{ja-ref|(Vovin 2020, 302)}} (Vovin 2020, 302) Head templates: {{ko-adj|irreg=y}} 어떻다 • (eotteota) (irregular, infinitive 어때, sequential 어떠니) Forms: eotteota [romanization], 어때 [infinitive], 어떠니 [sequential], irregular [table-tags], 어떻다 [formal, indicative, non-past], 어때 [indicative, informal, non-past], 어때요 [indicative, informal, non-past, polite], 어떻습니다 [formal, indicative, non-past, polite], 어땠다 [formal, indicative, past], 어땠어 [indicative, informal, past], 어땠어요 [indicative, informal, past, polite], 어땠습니다 [formal, indicative, past, polite], 어떠냐 [formal, interrogative, non-past], 어때 [informal, interrogative, non-past], 어때요 [informal, interrogative, non-past, polite], 어떻습니까 [formal, interrogative, non-past, polite], 어땠냐 [formal, interrogative, past], 어땠어 [informal, interrogative, past], 어땠어요 [informal, interrogative, past, polite], 어땠습니까 [formal, interrogative, past, polite], 어떻겠다 [assertive, formal], 어떻겠어 [assertive, informal], 어떻겠어요 [assertive, informal, polite], 어떻겠습니다 [assertive, formal, polite], 어때 [causative, formal], 어때서 [causative, informal], 어떠니 [causative, informal, polite], 어떠니까 [causative, formal, polite], 어떻지만 [contrastive, formal], 어떤데 [contrastive, informal], 어떻더니 [contrastive, informal, polite], 어떻고 [conjunctive, formal], 어떠면 [conditional, formal], 어때야 [conditional, informal], 어떰 [formal, noun-from-verb], 어떻기 [informal, noun-from-verb], 어땠음 [formal, noun-from-verb, past], 어땠기 [informal, noun-from-verb, past], 어떤 [determiner, informal, present], 어떨 [determiner, future, informal], irregular [table-tags], 어떠시다 [indicative, non-past], 어떠셔 [indicative, informal, non-past], 어떠세요 [indicative, non-past, polite], 어떠셔요 [indicative, non-past, polite], 어떠십니다 [formal, indicative, non-past], 어떠셨다 [indicative, past], 어떠셨어 [indicative, informal, past], 어떠셨어요 [indicative, past, polite], 어떠셨습니다 [formal, indicative, past], 어떠시냐 [interrogative, non-past], 어떠셔 [informal, interrogative, non-past], 어떠세요 [interrogative, non-past, polite], 어떠셔요 [interrogative, non-past, polite], 어떠십니까 [formal, interrogative, non-past], 어떠셨냐 [interrogative, past], 어떠셨어 [informal, interrogative, past], 어떠셨어요 [interrogative, past, polite], 어떠셨습니까 [formal, interrogative, past], 어떠시겠다 [assertive], 어떠시겠어 [assertive, informal], 어떠시겠어요 [assertive, polite], 어떠시겠습니다 [assertive, formal], 어떠셔 [causative], 어떠셔서 [causative, informal], 어떠시니 [causative, polite], 어떠시니까 [causative, formal], 어떠시지만 [contrastive], 어떠신데 [contrastive, informal], 어떠시더니 [contrastive, polite], 어떠시고 [conjunctive], 어떠시면 [conditional], 어떠셔야 [conditional, informal], 어떠심 [noun-from-verb], 어떠시기 [informal, noun-from-verb], 어떠셨음 [noun-from-verb, past], 어떠셨기 [informal, noun-from-verb, past], 어떠신 [determiner, informal, present], 어떠실 [determiner, future, informal]
  1. (to be) in what state; (to be) how Tags: irregular Synonyms: 어떠하다 (eotteohada) Derived forms: 어떻게 (eotteoke) (english: adverbial form)

Alternative forms

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      "form": "어떻습니다",
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        "interrogative",
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        "polite"
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    {
      "form": "어땠냐",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "interrogative",
        "past"
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    {
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      "form": "어떻겠다",
      "roman": "eotteoketda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻겠어",
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        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻겠어요",
      "roman": "eotteokesseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻겠습니다",
      "roman": "eotteoketseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "formal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어때",
      "roman": "eottae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어때서",
      "roman": "eottaeseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠니",
      "roman": "eotteoni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠니까",
      "roman": "eotteonikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "formal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻지만",
      "roman": "eotteochiman",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떤데",
      "roman": "eotteonde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻더니",
      "roman": "eotteoteoni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻고",
      "roman": "eotteoko",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠면",
      "roman": "eotteomyeon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어때야",
      "roman": "eottaeya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떰",
      "roman": "eotteom",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻기",
      "roman": "eotteoki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어땠음",
      "roman": "eottaesseum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어땠기",
      "roman": "eottaetgi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떤",
      "roman": "eotteon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "informal",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떨",
      "roman": "eotteol",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "future",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ko-conj/adj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "consonant-stem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시다",
      "roman": "eotteosida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔",
      "roman": "eotteosyeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠세요",
      "roman": "eotteoseyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔요",
      "roman": "eotteosyeoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠십니다",
      "roman": "eotteosimnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨다",
      "roman": "eotteosyeotda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨어",
      "roman": "eotteosyeosseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨어요",
      "roman": "eotteosyeosseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨습니다",
      "roman": "eotteosyeotseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시냐",
      "roman": "eotteosinya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔",
      "roman": "eotteosyeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠세요",
      "roman": "eotteoseyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔요",
      "roman": "eotteosyeoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠십니까",
      "roman": "eotteosimnikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨냐",
      "roman": "eotteosyeonnya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨어",
      "roman": "eotteosyeosseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨어요",
      "roman": "eotteosyeosseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨습니까",
      "roman": "eotteosyeotseumnikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시겠다",
      "roman": "eotteosigetda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시겠어",
      "roman": "eotteosigesseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시겠어요",
      "roman": "eotteosigesseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시겠습니다",
      "roman": "eotteosigetseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔",
      "roman": "eotteosyeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔서",
      "roman": "eotteosyeoseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시니",
      "roman": "eotteosini",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시니까",
      "roman": "eotteosinikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시지만",
      "roman": "eotteosijiman",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠신데",
      "roman": "eotteosinde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시더니",
      "roman": "eotteosideoni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시고",
      "roman": "eotteosigo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시면",
      "roman": "eotteosimyeon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔야",
      "roman": "eotteosyeoya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠심",
      "roman": "eotteosim",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시기",
      "roman": "eotteosigi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨음",
      "roman": "eotteosyeosseum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨기",
      "roman": "eotteosyeotgi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠신",
      "roman": "eotteosin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "informal",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠실",
      "roman": "eotteosil",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "future",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "irreg": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "어떻다 • (eotteota) (irregular, infinitive 어때, sequential 어떠니)",
      "name": "ko-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Native Korean words",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "adverbial form",
          "roman": "eotteoke",
          "word": "어떻게"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How is that?",
          "roman": "eotteoseumnikka?",
          "text": "어떻습니까?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "How about tomorrow night? / Ok. What time?",
          "roman": "naeil jeonyeog-eun eottaeyo? / joayo. myeot siyeyo?",
          "text": "내일 저녁은 어때요? / 좋아요. 몇 시예요?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "새 아파트는 어때? — 새 아파트는 훌륭해.\nsae apateu-neun eottae? - sae apateu-neun hullyunghae.\nHow's the new apartment? — The new apartment is great!\nOriginal English texts from 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in what state; (to be) how"
      ],
      "id": "en-어떻다-ko-adj-UGdehwno",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "to be",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(to be) in what state; (to be) how"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "eotteohada",
          "word": "어떠하다"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "irregular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʌ̹t͈ʌ̹tʰa̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[어떠타]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "어떻다"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "adverbial form",
      "roman": "eotteoke",
      "word": "어떻게"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "어떠하다"
      },
      "expansion": "어떠하다 (eotteohada)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yb",
        "2": "엇〯더〮ᄒᆞ다〮",
        "3": "ěsté-hòtá",
        "dot": ","
      },
      "expansion": "First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 엇〯더〮ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: ěsté-hòtá),",
      "name": "ko-etym-native"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "okm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Korean",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okm",
        "2": "엇〯더〮",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "엇〯더〮",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "엇〯더〮",
        "2": "ěsté",
        "3": "how, in what state"
      },
      "expansion": "엇〯더〮 (Yale: ěsté, “how, in what state”)",
      "name": "okm-inline"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "okm",
        "2": "ᄒᆞ다〮",
        "tr": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "ᄒᆞ다〮",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᄒᆞ다〮",
        "2": "hòtá",
        "3": "to do",
        "5": "light verb"
      },
      "expansion": "ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: hòtá, “to do”, light verb)",
      "name": "okm-inline"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jje",
        "2": "어떵ᄒᆞ다"
      },
      "expansion": "Jeju 어떵ᄒᆞ다 (eotteonghawda)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jpx-pro",
        "2": "*e-ka",
        "t": "how",
        "w": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Japonic *e-ka (“how”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "如何",
        "t": "how",
        "tr": "ika",
        "w": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese 如何 (ika, “how”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "(Vovin 2020, 302)"
      },
      "expansion": "(Vovin 2020, 302)",
      "name": "ja-ref"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Contraction of 어떠하다 (eotteohada).\nFirst attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 엇〯더〮ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: ěsté-hòtá), from Middle Korean 엇〯더〮 (Yale: ěsté, “how, in what state”) + ᄒᆞ다〮 (Yale: hòtá, “to do”, light verb). Compare Jeju 어떵ᄒᆞ다 (eotteonghawda).\nBeyond Koreanic, possibly connected to Proto-Japonic *e-ka (“how”) (whence Japanese 如何 (ika, “how”)) (Vovin 2020, 302).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eotteota",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어때",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠니",
      "tags": [
        "sequential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ko-conj/adj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consonant-stem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻다",
      "roman": "eotteota",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어때",
      "roman": "eottae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어때요",
      "roman": "eottaeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻습니다",
      "roman": "eotteoseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어땠다",
      "roman": "eottaetda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어땠어",
      "roman": "eottaesseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어땠어요",
      "roman": "eottaesseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어땠습니다",
      "roman": "eottaetseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠냐",
      "roman": "eotteonya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어때",
      "roman": "eottae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어때요",
      "roman": "eottaeyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻습니까",
      "roman": "eotteoseumnikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어땠냐",
      "roman": "eottaennya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어땠어",
      "roman": "eottaesseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어땠어요",
      "roman": "eottaesseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어땠습니까",
      "roman": "eottaetseumnikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻겠다",
      "roman": "eotteoketda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻겠어",
      "roman": "eotteokesseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻겠어요",
      "roman": "eotteokesseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻겠습니다",
      "roman": "eotteoketseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "formal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어때",
      "roman": "eottae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어때서",
      "roman": "eottaeseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠니",
      "roman": "eotteoni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠니까",
      "roman": "eotteonikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "formal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻지만",
      "roman": "eotteochiman",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떤데",
      "roman": "eotteonde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻더니",
      "roman": "eotteoteoni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "informal",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻고",
      "roman": "eotteoko",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠면",
      "roman": "eotteomyeon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어때야",
      "roman": "eottaeya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떰",
      "roman": "eotteom",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떻기",
      "roman": "eotteoki",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어땠음",
      "roman": "eottaesseum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어땠기",
      "roman": "eottaetgi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떤",
      "roman": "eotteon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "informal",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떨",
      "roman": "eotteol",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "future",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ko-conj/adj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "consonant-stem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시다",
      "roman": "eotteosida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔",
      "roman": "eotteosyeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠세요",
      "roman": "eotteoseyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔요",
      "roman": "eotteosyeoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠십니다",
      "roman": "eotteosimnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨다",
      "roman": "eotteosyeotda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨어",
      "roman": "eotteosyeosseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨어요",
      "roman": "eotteosyeosseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨습니다",
      "roman": "eotteosyeotseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시냐",
      "roman": "eotteosinya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔",
      "roman": "eotteosyeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠세요",
      "roman": "eotteoseyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔요",
      "roman": "eotteosyeoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "non-past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠십니까",
      "roman": "eotteosimnikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "non-past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨냐",
      "roman": "eotteosyeonnya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨어",
      "roman": "eotteosyeosseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "interrogative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨어요",
      "roman": "eotteosyeosseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "past",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨습니까",
      "roman": "eotteosyeotseumnikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "interrogative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시겠다",
      "roman": "eotteosigetda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시겠어",
      "roman": "eotteosigesseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시겠어요",
      "roman": "eotteosigesseoyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시겠습니다",
      "roman": "eotteosigetseumnida",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "assertive",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔",
      "roman": "eotteosyeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔서",
      "roman": "eotteosyeoseo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시니",
      "roman": "eotteosini",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시니까",
      "roman": "eotteosinikka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative",
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시지만",
      "roman": "eotteosijiman",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠신데",
      "roman": "eotteosinde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시더니",
      "roman": "eotteosideoni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive",
        "polite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시고",
      "roman": "eotteosigo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시면",
      "roman": "eotteosimyeon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셔야",
      "roman": "eotteosyeoya",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠심",
      "roman": "eotteosim",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠시기",
      "roman": "eotteosigi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨음",
      "roman": "eotteosyeosseum",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠셨기",
      "roman": "eotteosyeotgi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "noun-from-verb",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠신",
      "roman": "eotteosin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "informal",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "어떠실",
      "roman": "eotteosil",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "determiner",
        "future",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "irreg": "y"
      },
      "expansion": "어떻다 • (eotteota) (irregular, infinitive 어때, sequential 어떠니)",
      "name": "ko-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean adjectives",
        "Korean determiner-h-irregular adjectives",
        "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
        "Korean lemmas",
        "Korean terms derived from Middle Korean",
        "Korean terms inherited from Middle Korean",
        "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Korean terms with audio links",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Korean terms with usage examples",
        "Native Korean words"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "How is that?",
          "roman": "eotteoseumnikka?",
          "text": "어떻습니까?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "How about tomorrow night? / Ok. What time?",
          "roman": "naeil jeonyeog-eun eottaeyo? / joayo. myeot siyeyo?",
          "text": "내일 저녁은 어때요? / 좋아요. 몇 시예요?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "새 아파트는 어때? — 새 아파트는 훌륭해.\nsae apateu-neun eottae? - sae apateu-neun hullyunghae.\nHow's the new apartment? — The new apartment is great!\nOriginal English texts from 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in what state; (to be) how"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ],
        [
          "how",
          "how"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "to be",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(to be) in what state; (to be) how"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "irregular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʌ̹t͈ʌ̹tʰa̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[어떠타]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "eotteohada",
      "word": "어떠하다"
    }
  ],
  "word": "어떻다"
}

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