두루낮춤

Korean

Etymology

From 두루 (duru, “widely, thoroughly”) +‎ 낮춤 (natchum, “casual lowering”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈtu(ː)ɾuna̠t̚t͡ɕʰum]
  • Phonetic hangul: [두(ː)루낟춤]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?durunatchum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dulunajchum
McCune–Reischauer?turunatch'um
Yale Romanization?twūlwunacchwum

Noun

두루낮춤 • (durunatchum)

  1. (grammar) intimate, 1st speech level in Korean.

Usage notes

두루낮춤 (durunatchum) is a speech level used most often between close friends or relatives under extreme casual circumstances, as well as when addressing younger acquaintances.

Korean words inflected in this speech level are quite simple and generally adorned by the ending -해 (-hae), -했어 (-haesseo) or -야 (-ya). E.g.:

  • 해 (hae): (non-honorific) "does"
  • 하셔 (hasyeo): (honorific) "please do"
  • 했어 (haesseo): (non-honorific) "did"

See also

(Other speech levels)

Synonyms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.