가로다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean ᄀᆞᆯ다 (Yale: kolta). The Middle Korean form was not defective.

Phonology
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɾo̞da̠]
  • Phonetic hangeul: [가로다]
Revised Romanization? garoda
Revised Romanization (translit.)? galoda
McCune–Reischauer? karoda
Yale Romanization? kalota

Verb

가로다 • (garoda)

  1. (obsolete except in quotative and past adnominal) to say
    공자님 가라사대, "배우고 때때로 익히면 즐겁지 아니한가?"
    Gongja-nim garasadae, "baeugo ttattaero ikimyeon jeulgeopji ani-hanga?"
    "Is it not pleasant to learn and sometimes to practice?" Quoth Confucius.

Usage notes

This verb is defective and has only three possible (if quite archaic) conjugations: the non-honorific quotative 가로되, the honorific quotative 가라사대, and the past adnominal 가론. It is comparable to English quethe, a similarly defective verb meaning "to say".

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