가능하다

Korean

Etymology

가능(可能) (ganeung) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈka̠(ː)nɯŋɦa̠da̠]
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  • Phonetic hangul: [가(ː)능하다]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ganeunghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ganeunghada
McCune–Reischauer?kanŭnghada
Yale Romanization?kānunghata

Adjective

가능하다 • (ganeunghada) (infinitive 가능해 or 가능하여, sequential 가능하니)

  1. to be possible; able
    나는 가능한 한 빨리 왔다.
    Na-neun ganeunghan han ppalli watda.
    I came as soon as I could.

Conjugation

Antonyms

  • 불가능하다 (bulganeunghada, “to be impossible”)
  • 불가하다 (bulgahada)
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