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-어하다
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Korean
Etymology
From ko okm - -어〮 ᄒᆞ다〮 -é hò-tá, equivalent to ko -어 하다. In Middle Korean, it combined much more commonly with verbs.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-아하다
to consider, to find; attached to various adjectives, primarily those conveying an emotion or sensation, to form transitive verbs. The connotation of the verb is that one's experience of the emotion or sensation can be seen by an external observer.
ko y 기쁘다 -어하다 기뻐하다 to be happy to rejoice
ko y 좋다 -어하다 좋아하다 to be good to like
ko y 맵다 -어하다 매워하다 to be spicy to find spicy
ko y 무섭다 -어하다 무서워하다 to be scary to fear
Attached to certain verbs to give it a durative sense.
ko y 못 잊다 -어하다 못 잊어하다 to be unable to forget to keep being unable to forget
Conjugation