고맙다

Korean

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key)[ˈko̞ːma̠p̚t͈a̠]
  • Phonetic Hangul[:]
Revised Romanization? gomapda
Revised Romanization (translit.)? gomabda
McCune–Reischauer? komapta
Yale Romanization? kōmapqta

Adjective

고맙다 (gomapda) (irregular, infinitive 고마워, sequential 고마우니)

  1. (to be) thankful
    This adjective is often translated as a form of “to thank”.
    고맙습니다
    gomapseumnida
    thank you
    서둘러 주시면 고맙겠소이다.
    Seodulleo jusimyeon gomapgetsoida.
    I'd appreciate it if you'd hurry up about it.

Conjugation

고맙다 (gomapda) is in the class of irregularly-inflected words whose stems end in (b). In such words with two syllables or more, vowel harmony in inflections was once followed in all dialects of Korean. With the 1988 한글 맞춤법 (han-geul matchumbeop, “Hangeul Orthography”), the South Korean dialect now ignores the vowel harmony, while it is kept in the North.

North Korean and South Korean before 1988:

South Korean since 1988:

Synonyms

  • 고마운 (gomaun)

References

  • National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (accessed 2007-05-27), 고맙다”, in 표준국어대사전
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