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TOPIK 4verb

감당하다

gamdanghada

감당해요 · 감당했어요 · 감당할 거예요 · 감당하세요

to handle, to cope with, to bear

Example

혼자서 그 많은 일을 감당하기 어려워요.

It's hard to handle all that work alone.

Word parts

감 endure당 undertake

Literally 'endure and take on'.

Good to know

Often negative: 감당할 수 없다 / 감당이 안 되다 'it's too much for me'.