• -였었-(-yeosseot-) —used after하다(hada) verbs and adjectives

Formed through doubling the past tense suffix-었-(-eot-).

• (SK Standard/Seoul)IPA^(key):[ʌ̹s͈ʌ̹t̚]
• Phonetic hangul:[어썯]

-었었-• (-eosseot-)

1. -ed:A past tense marker going onto the main verb, adjective or copula of the sentence; it carries a meaning of finished action, however the state has also become different from the past.

   한국에갔었어요. ―Han'gug-e gasseoss-eo-yo. ―I went to Korea (but I am no longer there, I came back).

   전화가왔었습니다.

   Jeonhwa-ga wasseot-seumnida.

   A phone call came in (the phone is no longer ringing though).

   오늘아침에바람이많이불었었다.

   Oneul achim-e baram-i mani bureosseot-da.

   Today, in the morning, it was very windy (but it's no longer windy).

   작년에우리공원에서해바라기가잘피었었다.

   Jangnyeon-e uri gong'won-eseo haebaragi-ga jal pieosseot-da.

   Last year, at our park, sunflowers grew well (but that's no longer the case).

• For vowel harmony, contractions, and allomorphy, see-아/어/여(-a/eo/yeo); do note, however, that the second-었-(-eot-) does not change forms.
• 었었(-eosseot-) precedes all verbal endings except the honorific suffix.
• Difference with-었-(-eot-):
  • While-었-(-eot-) carries a perfect aspect meaning,었었(-eosseot-) carries a meaning of completion of an action and its difference from the past. Thus, while죽었다(jugeotda) meanshe died and is still dead,죽었었다(jugeosseotda) meanshe died and is no longer in that state. These two suffixes can also be easily compared with the verb가다(gada), simple past tense of which expresses that one went somewhere and is still possibly there, while the double past tense usually expresses that one went somewhere, stayed there and is no longer there or came back.

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