-더-
Korean
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Korean 더〮 (-té), from Old Korean 如 (*-ta). The Middle Korean suffix (and presumably Old Korean, although data is rather lacking) was quite different in meaning, being closer to a simple imperfective aspect marker; see the Middle Korean entry for more. The shift to the modern nuances is first attested in texts from the late eighteenth century. 던 (-deon, past adnominal marker) preserves the original meaning.
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit더 • (-deo-)
- The retrospective suffix, marking that the speaker (in declaratives) or the addressee (in interrogatives) has personally observed the action/state conveyed by the verb/adjective, or a fact from which the action/state could be inferred; that either this action/state was not taken by the observer, or the observer did not do so purposefully; and that this action/state occurred at a place or time removed from the current conversation. It adds a nuance that one is speaking of the action/state from the subjective viewpoint of an external observer.
- (parts of northern Gyeongsang or in the adnominal 던 (-deon)) The past imperfective aspect-marking suffix. [in conservative literary style, used up to the early 20th century]
- 1999, 이기갑 [igigap, Yi Ki-gap], “국어 방언의 시상 체계—그 분화의 역사— [gugeo bang'eonui sisang chegye-geu bunhwaui yeoksa-, The tense and aspect systems of Korean dialects: The history of divergence]”, in Eoneohak, volume 25, pages 185—210:
Usage notes
edit- In Standard Seoul Korean, the suffix only appears fused before certain other suffixes (given in the "Derived terms" section below), to the point that some linguists doubt whether this should be analyzed as a discrete morpheme in the standard variety of Korean. The plain declarative 더라 (deora) is the most common form in which this suffix is encountered.
- In some dialects of Pyong'an and northern Gyeongsang, the suffix has innovated vowel harmony and appears as 다 (-da-) after yang-vowel stems.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
edit- 으리 (-euri, conjectural marker)
Middle Korean
editAlternative forms
edit- 러〮 (-lé) — after certain suffixes; see Usage notes
Etymology
editFrom Old Korean 如 (*-ta).
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit더〮 (-té)
- An imperfective aspect marker, denoting an action or state in the past which is perceived as continuous, loosely equivalent to English "was [...]ing". When used together with the conjectural suffix 으〮리〮/ᄋᆞ〮리〮 (-úlí/olí-), it is loosely equivalent to English "would be [...]ing". Sometimes somewhat misleadingly called "retrospective" due to conflation with its modern descendant.
- 1447, Grand Prince Suyang, 釋譜詳節 / 석보상절 [Seokbo sangjeol], page 6:24b:
- 金으〮로〮 ᄯᅡ해〮 ᄭᆞ〮로ᄆᆞᆯ〮 ᄢᅳᆷ〮 업〯게〮 ᄒᆞ면〮 이〮 東山ᄋᆞᆯ〮 ᄑᆞ〮로〮리라〮 須達이〮 닐오〮ᄃᆡ〮 니ᄅᆞ샨〮 야ᇰ〯ᄋᆞ〮로〮 호〮리〮ᅌᅵ다〮 太子ㅣ 닐오〮ᄃᆡ〮 내〮 로ᇰ〮담ᄒᆞ〮다라〮
- KÙM-úlwó stàh-áy skólwòm-ól pskúm ěpskéy hòmyén TWÒNG.SÀN-ól phólwólìlá SYÙ.TTÁLQ-í nìlGwótóy nìlòsyán yǎng-ólwó hwólíngìtá THÁY.CǑ nìlGwótóy ná-y lwóngtàm-hótàlá
- "If you carpet the earth in gold without a single gap, I will sell this hill [to you]." "I shall do as you say," said Sudatta. "I was joking," said the prince.
Usage notes
edit- As in the example above, the suffix could designate a purposeful action taken by the speaker in the very conversation itself. Therefore, there were none of the discourse restraints present in the modern suffix.
- The suffix shifts to 러〮 (-lé-) after the copula 이〮 (í-) or the conjectural suffix 으〮리〮/ᄋᆞ〮리〮 (-úlí/olí-).
- The suffix merges with the modulating suffix 오〮 (-wó-) to surface as 다〮 (-tá-).
- The suffix triggers a subsequent declarative suffix 다〮 (-tá) to shift to 라〮 (-lá): 더〮라〮 (-té-lá), not *더〮다〮 (*té-tá).
Descendants
edit- Korean: 더 (-deo-)
See also
editMiddle Korean verbal paradigm | ||||||
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Verb stem | Slot 1 Object honorific |
Slot 2 Past-related TAM |
Slot 3 Subject honorific |
Slot 4 Present tense | ||
ᅀᆞᇦ〯 (-zǒW-) | 더〮 (-té-, imperfective) 아〮/어〮 (-á/é-, perfective) 거 (-ke-, perfective) |
으시〮/ᄋᆞ시〮 (-usí/osí-) | ᄂᆞ (-no-) | |||
Slot 5 Modulator |
Slot 6 Prospective/Future |
Slot 7 Emotive/Exclamatory1 |
(Slot 8) (Imperfective)2 | |||
오〮/우〮 (-wó/wú-) | 으〮리〮/ᄋᆞ〮리〮 (-úlí/ólí-) | 도〮 (-twó-) 돗〮 (-twós-) others |
더〮 (-té-) | |||
(Slot 9) (Modulator)3 |
Slot 10 Definitive |
Slot 11 Addressee honorific |
Slot 12 Verb-final suffix | |||
오〮/우〮 (-wó/wú-) | 으〮니〮/ᄋᆞ〮니〮 (-úní/óní-) | 으〮ᅌᅵ/ᄋᆞ〮ᅌᅵ (-úngì/óngì-, very deferential) ㆁ (-ng-, deferential) |
See Template:okm-sentence enders for sentence-final ones | |||
Examples | ||||||
기르ᅀᆞᄫᆞ〮시니〮ᅌᅵ다〮 (kìlù-zòWó-sì[sí]-ní-ngì-tá, “[the honored one] [indeed] brought up [the honored thing], [o honored one].”, 月印釋譜 10:19) 주그리로〮소〮ᅌᅵ다〮 (cwùk-ùlì[úlí]-lwós[twós]-wó-ngì-tá, “[I] shall die, [o honored one]!”, 月印釋譜 21:22) | ||||||
Notes | ||||||
1 Many additional emotive suffixes, which have not been listed here, are fusional compounds that etymologically incorporate non-emotive morphemes. For example, 닷〮 (-tás-), which is used when the speaker has made a realization about some past state, comes from a merger of the imperfective 더〮 (-té-) and the emotive morpheme ㅅ (-s-).
It is more appropriate to consider such suffixes as single-unit morphemes that belong to the slot for emotive suffixes, even if they also convey other information. They cause issues in the paradigmal order if they are broken down into their etymological constituents. And while the retrospective and confirmative suffixes share a slot and are hence mutually exclusive, 닷〮 (-tás-) has been attested as co-occurring with the latter. | ||||||
2 In the fifteenth century, only after Slot 7 is filled by the emotive suffix 돗〮 (-twós-), forming the sequence 돗〮더〮 (-twós-té-), used to emotively convey a realization made in the past.
In the sixteenth century, also appears after prospective 으〮리〮/ᄋᆞ〮리〮 (-úlí/olí-), forming the sequence 으〮리〮러〮/ᄋᆞ〮리〮러〮 (-úlí-lé/ólí-lé), used to convey a past state when something was about to happen. | ||||||
3 Taken when Slot 7 (emotive) is filled. | ||||||
Certain suffixes are mutually exclusive. |
References
edit- 최동주 [choedongju] (2002) “전기 근대국어의 시상체계에 관한 연구 [jeon'gi geundaegugeoui sisangchegyee gwanhan yeon'gu, A study of the tense and aspect system of early Early Modern Korean]”, in Eomunhak, pages 119—152
- 박부자 (Park Bu-ja) (2018) “시상형태 {더}의 쟁점과 전망 [Points of discussion and prospective developments in the study of the tense/aspect-marking -te-]”, in Gugeosa yeon'gu, volume 27, pages 53—79
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