-슴다

Korean

Etymology

Contraction of 습니다 (seumnida).

Suffix

슴다 • (-seumda)

1. (colloquial) Colloquial version of 습니다 (seumnida), a declarative suffix in the 하십시오체 (hasipsioche, “formal polite”) speech level.
2. (Northern Hamgyong, Yanbian, Yukjin) the declarative suffix in the 하십시오체 (hasipsioche, “formal polite”) speech level.
   • 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:

     나두 왔슴다. (Yanbian)

     Na-du watseumda.

     I've also come.

Usage notes

In parts of Hamgyong and Yanbian, this '슴다' form essentially replaces '습니다' as the declarative suffix in the formal polite speech level. Also, among younger Yukjin speakers both in Yanbian and North Korea it seems to be replacing the traditional 슴둥 (-seumdung) and 슴두 (-seumdu) suffixes.