어떻게
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Meaning
- How
- What should I do? What am I supposed to do?
As a Question
Depending on the intonation, can mean either 'how.' If the sentence starts with a high pitch and ends with a downward intonation, then it is an interrogative pronoun meaning 'How ... ?' However if the rising intonation comes at the end, it is a indefinite pronoun meaning 'somehow.' See the examples below
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| (need sentence) | Gradually rising | (insert audio) |
어떻게!
When used as just a stand alone phrase, this can mean 'What should do?' (add more)
어떡하다
어떡하다 is a contraction of 어떻게 하다.
Common phases
Common phrases using 어떻게
- 어떻게 오셨어요? - (exception)
Sentence examples
As an interrogative pronoun:
| Korean | English | Notes |
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| 여기 어떻게 찾았어요? | How did you find this place? | |
As an indefinite pronoun
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