Korean edit

Etymology edit

See the main entry.

Suffix edit

(-jae)

  1. (Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, colloquial Yanbian) Dialectal form of (-ji, Suffix for contrasting two facts regarding the same topic, thereby emphasizing both facts.)
    • 1982 July 26, 유병규 [yubyeonggyu], “간담이 큰 원두표와 풍수 [gandami keun wondupyowa pungsu]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 경상북도 봉화군 명호면 [gyeongsangbukdo bonghwagun myeonghomyeon]:
      이께네 형제 보통 평범한 인물, 대물 아이.
      U-ro bo-ikkene hyeongje-ga geu cham botong pyeongbeomhan inmurijae, keun daemur-i ai-rae.
      After having a look above, [he found out that] the brothers were just ordinary people, rather than being big-shots.
  2. (Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, colloquial Yanbian) Dialectal form of (-ji, A general-purpose sentence-final suffix with a more affirmative sense than 어 in the intimate style)
    • 2013, 김선희 [gimseonhui, Jin Shan-ji], 연변 방언 연구 조사와 종결어미를 중심으로 [yeonbyeon bang'eon yeon'gu - josawa jonggyeoreomireul jungsimeuro, A study on particles and endings of the Yanbian dialect], Korean Language and Literature Society, page 8:
      저기 순이재? (Yanbian)
      Jeogi ga-neun ae-ga sunijae?
      That kid over there is Sooni, right?

Synonyms edit

  • (-je, alternative spelling)