도대체

Intermediate

Adverb expressing frustration or emphasis (what on earth)

Examples

도대체 왜 안 먹었어?

What on earth, why didn't you eat?

도대체 무슨 말이에요?

What on earth are you saying?

도대체 어디에 있었어요?

Where on earth were you?

도대체 이해할 수 없어요.

I simply can't understand it.

도대체 몇 번을 말해야 해요?

How many times on earth do I have to say it?