원래

wollae · [월래]

originally · primarily · by nature · origin

adverbnounIntermediate

Meanings

월래 · adverb · Intermediate

  1. originally; primarily; by natureFrom the first; innately.

월래 · noun · Intermediate

  1. originThe beginning of something.

Written Forms

원래Hangul
元來/原來Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

저는 원래 길을 잘 잃어버리는 편이에요.

I am actually the type who easily gets lost.

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초행길은 원래 복잡해요.

An unfamiliar route is always complicated.

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원래 드라마는 그런 오글거리는 맛이 있지.

That kind of cringey feeling is what dramas are all about.

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Grammar in These Examples

-아/어Level 1Informal ending-요FoundationsPoliteness marker

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