Jeolla dialect

Jeolla dialect

Jeolla dialect (Hangul: 전라도 방언/사투리; Hanja: 全羅道方言) is used in the Jeolla (Honam) region of South Korea, including the city of Gwangju.

Along with Chungcheong dialect, it is considered non-standard by some Koreans. Perhaps the most obvious difference comes from common verb endings. In place of the usual "-seumnida" 습니다 IPA| [sɯmnita] or "-sehyo" 세요 IPA| [sɛjo] endings, a southern Jeolla person will use "-rau" 라우 IPA| [ɾau] or "-jirau" 지라우 IPA| [ʨiɾau] appended to the verb. For a causative verb ending, expressed in standard language with a "-nika" 니까 IPA| [nik͈a] ending, Jeolla people use "-ngkeh" 능게 IPA| [ŋk͈ei] , so the past tense of the verb "did" ("because someone did it") , "haesseunika" 했습니까 IPA| [hɛssɯnik͈a] , becomes "haesseungkei" 했승게 IPA| [hɛssɯŋk͈ei] . A similar sound is used for the quotative ending, "somebody said...". The usual verb endings are "-dago" 다고 IPA| [tako] and "-rago" 라고 IPA| [ɾako] . Jeolla dialect prefers "-dangkei" 당게 IPA| [taŋk͈ei] .

Regarding pronunciation differences, there is often a tendency to pronounce only the second vowel in a diphthong. For example, the verb ending that indicates "since", -neundae, becomes -neundee 는디. The name of the large city Kwangju 광주 becomes Kangju 강주, and the verb 'to not have, to be absent', eopda 없다, becomes very close to 'oopta' 웂다. There are some words that are unique to the dialect as well: "utzzesuh" 웆제서 for "why", "shee-bahng" 시방 for "now", and "dwit-gahn" 뒷간 for "outhouse". Jeolla dialect speakers have a tendency to end their sentences with "eeng", 잉 especially when asking a favor. This can be compared to the word "eh," as used by some Canadians.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Jeolla — Province Hangul 전라도 Hanja 全羅道 …   Wikipedia

  • Chungcheong dialect — Hangul 충청도 방언 Hanja 忠淸道方言 Revised Romanization …   Wikipedia

  • Seoul dialect — The Seoul dialect is the basis of the standard language of Korean in South Korea. It is spoken in the Seoul National Capital Area, which includes Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi.The vowels for e and ae are merged for young speakers. Vowel length is… …   Wikipedia

  • Provinces of Korea — This article describes the historical development of Korea s provinces (Do ; hangul: 도; hanja: 道). For detailed information on current administrative divisions, please see Administrative divisions of North Korea and Administrative divisions… …   Wikipedia

  • Eight Provinces of Korea — Paldo redirects here. For the Korean food brand, see Korea Yakult. Eight Provinces Hangul 팔도 Hanja 八 …   Wikipedia

  • Korean language — This article is about the spoken Korean language. For details of the native Korean writing system, see Hangul. Korean 한국어, 조선말 Hangugeo, Chosŏnmal …   Wikipedia

  • Korean dialects — Various words for dragonfly (Standard Korean 잠자리) …   Wikipedia

  • Shunpei Mizuno — (水野俊平, Mizuno Shunpei?, born 1968) is a Japanese author who used to write under the pen name Shunsui Nohira (野平俊水, Nohira Shunsui …   Wikipedia

  • Gangjin — Infobox Korean settlement logo=Gangjin logo.gif hangul=강진군 hanja=康津郡 rr=Gangjin gun mr=Kangjin gun area km2=495.98 pop=49254 popyear=2001 popden km2=99.3 divs=1 eup , 10 myeon Gangjin County ( Gangjin gun ) is a county in South Jeolla Province,… …   Wikipedia

  • Kim Yun-sik — Infobox Korean name hangul=김윤식 hanja=金允植 rr=Gim Yun sik mr=Kim Yunsik hangulho=영랑 hanjaho=永郞 rrho=Yeongnang mrho=Yŏngnang Yeongrang Kim Yun sik (1903 1950) was a Korean writer from Gangjin county, South Jeolla province, in present day South Korea …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”