나다

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 나다 (Yale: nata).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠da̠]

  • (file)

• Phonetic hangul: [나다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nada
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nada
McCune–Reischauer?	nada
Yale Romanization?	nata

Verb

Korean verb set

Base	나다 (nada)
Causative	내다 (naeda)

나다 • (nada) (infinitive 나, sequential 나니) (intransitive)

1. to be born
2. to appear, arise, occur, take place
3. to break out, come out, turn out

   기억이 잘 안 나요

   gieogi jal an nayo

   I don't really remember (lit. "the memory does not come out well")

4. to grow, spread

Conjugation

    Selected forms of the verb 나다 (nada): vowel-stem, regular

Sentence-final forms
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	난다 nanda	나 na	나요 nayo	납니다 namnida
	Past	났다 natda	났어 nasseo	났어요 nasseoyo	났습니다 natseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	나느냐 naneunya	나 na	나요 nayo	납니까 namnikka
	Past	났느냐 nanneunya	났어 nasseo	났어요 nasseoyo	났습니까 natseumnikka
Hortative		나자 naja	나 na	나요 nayo	나십시다 nasipsida
Imperative		나라 nara	나 na	나요 nayo	납시오 napsio
Assertive		나겠다 nagetda	나겠어 nagesseo	나겠어요 nagesseoyo	나겠습니다 nagetseumnida
Connective forms
Cause/Reason		나 na	나서 naseo	나니 nani	나니까 nanikka
Contrast		나지만 najiman	나는데 naneunde	나더니 nadeoni
Conjunction		나고 nago
Condition		나면 namyeon	나야 naya
Motive		나려고 naryeogo
Noun and determiner forms
Verbal nouns		남 nam	나기 nagi
Past-tense verbal nouns		났음 nasseum	났기 natgi
Determiners	Past	난 nan
	Present	나는 naneun
	Future	날 nal

Sentence-final forms with honorific
		Formal non-polite (해라체)	Informal non-polite (해체)	Informal polite (해요체)	Formal polite (하십시오체)
Indicative	Non-past	나신다 nasinda	나셔 nasyeo	나세요, 나셔요 naseyo, nasyeoyo	나십니다 nasimnida
	Past	나셨다 nasyeotda	나셨어 nasyeosseo	나셨어요 nasyeosseoyo	나셨습니다 nasyeotseumnida
Interrogative	Non-past	나시느냐 nasineunya	나셔 nasyeo	나세요, 나셔요 naseyo, nasyeoyo	나십니까 nasimnikka
	Past	나셨느냐 nasyeonneunya	나셨어 nasyeosseo	나셨어요 nasyeosseoyo	나셨습니까 nasyeotseumnikka
Imperative		나시라 nasira	나셔 nasyeo	나세요 naseyo	나십시오 nasipsio
Assertive		나시겠다 nasigetda	나시겠어 nasigesseo	나시겠어요 nasigesseoyo	나시겠습니다 nasigetseumnida
Connective forms with honorific
Cause/Reason		나셔 nasyeo	나셔서 nasyeoseo	나시니 nasini	나시니까 nasinikka
Contrast		나시지만 nasijiman	나시는데 nasineunde	나시더니 nasideoni
Conjunction		나시고 nasigo
Condition		나시면 nasimyeon	나셔야 nasyeoya
Motive		나시려고 nasiryeogo
Noun and determiner forms with honorific
Verbal nouns		나심 nasim	나시기 nasigi
Past-tense verbal nouns		나셨음 nasyeosseum	나셨기 nasyeotgi
Determiners	Past	나신 nasin
	Present	나시는 nasineun
	Future	나실 nasil

Derived terms

• 깨어나다 (kkaeeonada): to become awakened, enlightened
• 나가다 (nagada): to go out, to leave
• 나오다 (naoda): to come out, literally "to out come"
• 나타나다 (natanada): to appear
• 바닥나다 (badangnada): to become depleted, literally "for the bottom to appear"
• 태어나다 (taeeonada): to be born

Related terms

• 낳다 (nata): to lay (egg), to give birth
• 내다 (naeda)