건강하다

Korean

Etymology

건강(健康) (geon'gang) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)nɡa̠ŋɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [건(ː)강하다]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geon'ganghada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geonganghada
McCune–Reischauer?kŏn'ganghada
Yale Romanization?kēnkanghata

Adjective

건강하다 • (geon'ganghada) (infinitive 건강해 or 건강하여, sequential 건강하니, hanja 健康하다)

  1. to be healthy
    아이는 건강하죠? ― Ai-neun geon'ganghajo? ― Your child is healthy, isn’t he?

Conjugation

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