-슴둥
Korean edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɯmduŋ]
- Phonetic hangul: [슴둥]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | seumdung |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seumdung |
McCune–Reischauer? | sŭmdung |
Yale Romanization? | sumtwung |
Suffix edit
슴둥 • (-seumdung)
- (Yukjin, some dialects of Russia and Yanbian) Interrogative suffix for sentence-final verbs in the 하십시오체 (hasipsioche, “formal polite”) speech level.
- 먹슴둥?
- Meokseumdung?
- Is he eating?
Usage notes edit
- The suffix causes the root ㄹ (l) elide when in the form ㅁ둥 (-mdung): 암둥 (amdung, does he know?)
- In North Korea, it's use appears to be largely restricted to elderly speakers of the Yukjin dialect.