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TOPIK 3adjective

불가능하다

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불가능해요 · 불가능했어요 · 불가능한 (+noun)

impossible

Example

혼자서 이 일을 하루에 끝내는 것은 불가능해요.

It's impossible to finish this work in one day by yourself.

Word parts

불 not가 can능 able

불- = 'not', a prefix you'll reuse often: 불편, 불안, 불가능.

Good to know

Before ㄷ or ㅈ this prefix becomes 부-, as in 부족 'lack' and 부당 'unfair'.