Korean edit

Etymology edit

From 해라 (haera, formal, non-polite imperative of 하다 (hada, to do)) +‎ 체(體) (che, style).

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ(ː)ɾa̠t͡ɕʰe̞] ~ [ˈhe̞(ː)ɾa̠t͡ɕʰe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)/(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?haerache
Revised Romanization (translit.)?haelache
McCune–Reischauer?haerach'e
Yale Romanization?hāyla.chey

Noun edit

해라체 (haerache)

  1. (grammar, linguistics) The formal, non-polite speech level in Korean.

Usage notes edit

해라체 (haerache) is a speech level used to younger or lower-rank people. It is also used almost universally in books, newspapers, and magazines; also used in reported speech ("She said that...").

Korean words inflected in this speech level are commonly characterized by the ending (-da) in declarative statements, (-nya) or (-ni) in questions, 어라 (-eora) in the imperative, and (-ja) in the propositive. E.g.:

Descendants edit

  • Jeju: ᄒᆞ라체 (hawrache) (calque)

See also edit

(해라체 endings)

(Other speech levels)