-양

Jeju

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽jaŋ⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [jaŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [양]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?-yang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yang
Yale Romanization?yang

Particle

-양 (-yang)

  1. Sentence-final particle for verbs and adjectives in the polite speech level.
    이시카양 ― isika-yang ― How could it be?

Usage notes

  • Considered more informal than -마씀 (-masseum).

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean suffix; see the main entry.

Suffix

-양 • (-yang)

  1. See the entry at 양(洋) (yang, “ocean”).
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