-습니다

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [s͈ɯmnida̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [씀니다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seumnida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seubnida
McCune–Reischauer?	ssŭmnida
Yale Romanization?	qsupnita

Suffix

습니다 • (-seumnida)

1. Declarative suffix for sentence-final verbs in the 하십시오체 (hasipsioche, “formal polite”) speech level.

   고맙습니다.

   gomapseumnida.

   Thank you.

Usage notes

—ᆸ니다 (-mnida) is used after verbs and adjectives with no finals or ㄹ (l), which falls out. For example,

가— (ga-, “to go”) + —ᆸ니다 (-mnida) = 갑니다 (gamnida)

알— (al-, “to know”) + —ᆸ니다 (-mnida) = 압니다 (amnida)

습니다 (seumnida) is used otherwise; that is, after verbs and adjectives with finals that are not ㄹ (l). For example,

먹— (meok-, “to eat”) + —습니다 (-seumnida) = 먹습니다 (meokseumnida)

Related terms

• —ᆸ니다 (-mnida)
• —ᆸ니까 (-mnikka)/—습니까 (-seumnikka)
• —ᆸ시다 (-psida)

Descendants

• → Chinese:
  • Mandarin: 思密達／思密达 (sīmìdá)
• → Japanese: ニダ (nida)