이야기하다

iyagihada · TOPIK 1

to talk, to tell a story

💬📖 이야기 (story) + 하다 (to do) = to do a story, i.e. to talk

이야기 means story or talk, and 하다 is the all-purpose verb to do. Koreans literally do a story when they chat. In speech it often shrinks to 얘기하다 (yaegihada), same meaning.

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