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TOPIK 2verb

부탁하다

butakada [부타카다]

부탁해요 · 부탁했어요 · 부탁할 거예요 · 부탁하세요

to ask (a favor), to request

Example

동생에게 우유를 사 오라고 부탁했어요.

I asked my younger sibling to pick up some milk.

Word parts

부 hand over탁 entrust

Literally 'hand over and entrust' plus -하다.

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Pronounced [부타카다] — ㄱ and ㅎ merge into ㅋ.