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좋다

jota

to be good

Part of speech · descriptive verb (adjective)

Pattern visualization

Syllable → jamo breakdown (RR romanization)
jinitial+omedial+hfinal
dinitial+amedial

Examples

  1. 날씨가 정말 좋아요.
    The weather is really nice.
  2. 이 노래가 좋아요.
    I like this song.

Collocations

날씨가 좋다기분이 좋다사이가 좋다

Mnemonic

jota "to be good" is spelled with a final -h in the stem joh-, which is silent at the end (heard as jo-ta). Note the difference from the verb joahada "to like": jota describes a thing, joahada describes the liker.

Quick check

  1. What is the difference between jota and joahada?

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