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Korean
- ㅂ시다 (-psida) — after vowels or ㄹ (l)
Etymology
Only reached its present form in the early twentieth century.[1] Ultimately from Middle Korean ᅀᆞᆸ〯 (Yale: -zǒp-, object-honorific suffix) + 사〮ᅌᅵ다〮 (Yale: -sángìtá, hortative suffix).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | eupsida |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | eubsida |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ŭpsida |
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| Yale Romanization? | up.sita |
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Suffix
읍시다 • (-eupsida)
- Hortative suffix for sentence-final verbs in the 하오체 (haoche, “formal”) speech level.
- 걸읍시다. ― Geor-eupsida. ― Let us walk.
- 불고기를 먹읍시다. ― Bulgogi-reul meog-eupsida. ― Let's have bulgogi.
- 김치를 만들어 봅시다. ― Gimchi-reul mandeureo bopsida. ― Let's try making kimchi.
- 습니까 (-seumnikka)
- 습니다 (-seumnida)
References
- ^ 장윤희 [jang'yunhui] (2012) “국어 종결어미의 통시적 변화와 쟁점 [gugeo jonggyeoreomiui tongsijeok byeonhwawa jaengjeom, A general survey of diachronic change of Korean sentence-terminating endings]”, in Gugeosa yeon'gu, volume 14, pages 63—99