뻔하다

Korean

Etymology 1

뻔 (ppeon) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈp͈ɘ(ː)nɦa̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [뻔(ː)하다]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ppeonhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ppeonhada
McCune–Reischauer?ppŏnhada
Yale Romanization?ppēn.hata

Adjective

뻔하다 • (ppeonhada) (infinitive 뻔해 or 뻔하여, sequential 뻔하니)

  1. (to be) clear, obvious, evident
Conjugation

Etymology 2

뻔 (ppeon) +‎ 하다 (-hada, “to do”, light verb deriving adjectives).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ppeonhada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ppeonhada
McCune–Reischauer?ppŏnhada
Yale Romanization?ppen.hata

Adjective

뻔하다 • (ppeonhada) (infinitive 뻔해 or 뻔하여, sequential 뻔하니)

  1. (to be) close to (doing something); nearly; almost
    큰 일 날 뻔했어요. ― Keun il nal ppeonhaesseoyo. ― (We) nearly had a serious problem.
Usage notes
  • Verbs/adjectives ending in a vowel use the pattern —ㄹ 뻔하다 (-l ppeonhada) and verbs/adjectives ending in a consonant use 을 뻔하다 (-eul ppeonhada).
Conjugation
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