서술

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 敍述, from 敍 (“to express, to narrate, to state”) + 述 (“to express, to narrate, to state”)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)sʰuɭ]
    • Phonetic hangul: [서(ː)술]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?seosul
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?seosul
    McCune–Reischauer?sŏsul
    Yale Romanization?sēswul

    Noun

    서술 • (seosul) (hanja 敍述)

    1. description, depiction, narration
    2. (grammar) predication
      서술부어
      seosulbueo
      sentence predicate
      (literally, “predication part”)

    Derived terms

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