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Korean
- ㅁ둥 (-mdung) — after vowels or ㄹ (l)
- 슴두 (-seumdu), ㅁ두 (-mdu) — alternative ending
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | seumdung |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seumdung |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sŭmdung |
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| Yale Romanization? | sumtwung |
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Suffix
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
- 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.
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