어쩌다

어쩌다(가) + verb: 어쩌다 만나다; 어쩌다 이렇게 됐어요?

by chance, accidentally; occasionally; how on earth

Example

길에서 어쩌다 옛 친구를 만났어요.

I ran into an old friend on the street by chance.

Word parts

From 어찌하다가 'doing somehow'.

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