-슴둥

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Korean

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seumdung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seumdung
McCune–Reischauer?sŭmdung
Yale Romanization?sumtwung

Suffix

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슴둥 (-seumdung)

  1. (Yukjin, some dialects of Russia and Yanbian) Interrogative suffix for sentence-final verbs in the 하십시오체 (hasipsioche, “formal polite”) speech level.
    슴둥?
    Meokseumdung?
    Is he eating?

Usage notes

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  • The suffix causes the root (l) elide when in the form ㅁ둥 (-mdung): 암둥 (amdung, does he know?)
  • In North Korea, it's use appears to be largely restricted to elderly speakers of the Yukjin dialect.

See also

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