-었으면 하다

Korean

Etymology

었 (-eot-, past-tense marker) +‎ 으면 (-eumyeon, “if”, conditional marker) +‎ 하다 (hada, “to do; to say”): "to say [what] if... had/were...".

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ʌ̹s͈ɯmjʌ̹n ha̠da̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [어쓰면 하다]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eosseumyeon hada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eoss'eumyeon hada
McCune–Reischauer?ŏssŭmyŏn hada
Yale Romanization?ess.umyen hata

Suffix

었으면 하다 • (-eoss-eumyeon hada)

  1. to wish; to hope; to want
    나는 아들이 나를 따라 교수가 됐으면 했는데 뜻대로 되지 않았다.
    Na-neun adeur-i na-reul ttara gyosu-ga dwaess-eumyeon haenneunde tteut-daero doeji anatda.
    I had hoped that my son would follow my footsteps to become a professor, but it did not end up as I intended.
    너가 좀 더 아팠으면 해.
    Neo-ga jom deo apass-eumyeon hae.
    I want you to be in a little more pain.

Conjugation

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