옛날

Jeju

Etymology

From 옛 (yet, “old”) +‎ 날 (nal, “day”).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽jesnal⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [jenna̠ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [옌날]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yennal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yes;nal
Yale Romanization?yeysnal

Noun

옛날 (yennal)

  1. ancient times
    Synonym: 예전 (yejeon)
  2. long ago; once upon a time

References

  • “옛날” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

Etymology

From 옛 (yet, “old”) +‎ 날 (nal, “days”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈje̞(ː)nna̠ɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [옌(ː)날]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yennal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yesnal
McCune–Reischauer?yennal
Yale Romanization?yēysnal

Noun

옛날 • (yennal)

  1. (in) the past
  2. long ago; once upon a time

Derived terms

  • 옛날 옛날 (yennal yennal)
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