건국하다

Korean

Etymology

건국(建國) (geon'guk) +‎ -하다 (-hada, to do, light verb deriving active verbs).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

건국하다 • (geon'gukhada) (infinitive 건국해 or 건국하여, sequential 건국하니, hanja 建國하다)

  1. to establish a nation

Conjugation