-읍시다

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Korean

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eupsida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eubsida
McCune–Reischauer?ŭpsida
Yale Romanization?up.sita

Suffix

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읍시다 • (-eupsida)

  1. 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.
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References

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  1. ^ 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
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