-맨

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mɛn] ~ [me̞n]
• Phonetic hangul: [맨/멘]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	maen
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	maen
McCune–Reischauer?	maen
Yale Romanization?	mayn

Suffix

맨 • (-maen)

1. (Gyeongsang, Possibly Hwanghae or Pyongan) Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of 으맨 (-eumaen, “(dialectal) if, when”).
   • 2020 November 7, 박신혁 [baksinhyeok], “2008년 입국, 박신혁 : 백령도까지 쪽배로 28시간 탈북! [2008nyeon ipguk, baksinhyeok : baengnyeongdokkaji jjokbaero 28sigan talbuk!]”, in 탈탈탈 [taltaltal], 황해남도 연안군 [hwanghaenamdo yeonan'gun]:

     그래맨 제일 그 고향에서 가서 가슴 아픈 거예요

     geurae-maen jeil geu gohyang-e-seo ga-seo gaseum apeun geoyeyo

     So the most saddest thing was when I went to my hometown.

     • Although the defector comes from Hwanghae, his parents were originally from Jagang province and moved after much of the original residents of Yeonan were sent north after the Korean war. Thus, whether this feature of his speech is from the original Hwanghae dialect or from the Jagang province transplants is unclear.