-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 (-seumda) form essentially replaces 습니다 (-seumnida) 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.