-간

Korean edit

Etymology edit

Shortening of 갓 (-gat-) + 니 (-ni).^[1] Compare 언 (-eon), which is also used in northwestern Korean.

Suffix edit

간 • (-gan)

(Pyongan, parts of Hwanghae) a plain-style interrogative suffix
- 1981, 김시봉 [gimsibong], “아이어르는소리둥둥타령 [aieoreuneunsori-dungdungtaryeong]”, in MBC 한국민요대전 음반자료 사이트 [MBC han'gungminyodaejeon eumbanjaryo saiteu]‎^[1], 평안북도 동림군 동림읍 [pyeong'anbukdo dongnimgun dongnimeup]:
  은 을 주 면 널 사간 금 을 준 들 널 사간
  eun-eul ju-myeon neol sagan geum-eul jundeul neol sagan
  Would I buy you for silver, would I buy you for gold
  Lyrics to a traditional lullaby from the Tongrim area.

Usage notes edit

Used in place of where 겠니 (-genni) would be used in Standard Korean.

References edit

^ 최소연 (Choi So-yeon) (2020) 황해도 안악 지역어의 음운론적연구 [hwanghaedo anak jiyeogeoui eumullonjeogyeon'gu, A Phonological Study on the Regional Language of Anak County in the Hwanghae Region], 서울대학교 대학원 [seouldaehakgyo daehagwon], page 105

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