-어라

어라 Korean Alternative forms ko -여라 used after ko 하다 verbs and adjectives Pronunciation Etymology 1 From ko okm - -어〮 -é infinitive suffix + -라〮 -lá imperative mood suffix. Suffix -아라 suffix a plain-style imperative suffix. ko 천천히 먹어라, 체할라. Slow down; you may suffer from indigestion. ko 너-는 그렇-게 살아라. 나-는 나대로 살-겠--다. As for you, live like that. I'll live my own way. Usage notes For vowel harmony, contractions, and allomorphy, see ko -어#Usage_notes -아/어/여. ko -어라 cannot be used with the tense markers ko -겠- and ko -었-. Related terms ko -으라 Etymology 2 From ko okm - 에/애 -èy/ày exclamatory suffix + 라〮 -lá alternative form of declarative mood suffix okm 다〮 -tá. The fusion is sometimes analyzed as already having occurred in Middle Korean. Suffix -아라 suffix a plain-style exclamatory ending for verbs and adjectives; not specifically addressed to another person and particularly common when talking to oneself; mainly used in colloquial speech. ko 멀리 있-는 너 생각-이 들-어 정말 외로워라! How truly lonely I am to think of you who are far away! ko 1924 ko:봄은 고양이로다 Spring is a cat https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/%EB%B4%84%EC%9D%80_%EA%B3%A0%EC%96%91%EC%9D%B4%EB%A1%9C%EB%8B%A4 ko:이장희<t:Yi Jang-hui> ko [金](금)[星](성) 고요히 다물은 고양이-의 입술-에 / 폭은한 봄졸음-이 ᄯᅥ돌아라. goyohi damureun goyangi-eui ipsure / pogeunhan bomjoreumi tteodorara. On the cat's lips, tranquilly shut / A cozy spring's drowsiness is wandering by. ko 1945 ko [曠](광)[野](야) The Barren Field https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/%EA%B4%91%EC%95%BC_(%EC%9D%B4%EC%9C%A1%EC%82%AC) w:Yi Yuksa 지금 눈 나리-고 / [梅](매)[花](화)[香](향)[氣](기) 홀로 아득하-니 / 내 여기 가난한 노래-의 씨-를 뿌려라. Jigeum nun narigo / maehwa hyanggi hollo adeukhani / nae yeogi gananhan norae-ui ssireul ppuryeora. Snow is falling now / And the scent of the plum flower alone is faint / How I scatter here the seeds of impoverished songs! ko 2017 http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0002310201 w:OhmyNews ko:놀래라, '311살의 감성전' 놀래라. 무려 311살-의 감성전이-잖아요? Nollaera. Muryeo sambaegyeolhansarui gamseongjeonijanayo? Wow, I'm shocked. That's 311 years' worth of sensibility exhibitions! Usage notes For vowel harmony, contractions, and allomorphy, see ko -어#Usage_notes -아/어/여. ko -어라 cannot be used with the tense markers ko -겠- and ko -었-. The Standard Korean Language Dictionary claims that this ending can only occur on adjectives, but Jeong 2001 gives several examples in which it is undeniably applied to verbs. See also the quotations above of verbal usage in major contemporary literature. See also ko -구나, ko -구먼, ko -누나, ko -구려 References ko [國](국)[語](어) [感](감)[歎](탄)[文](문)의 [變](변)[化](화) Jindan hakbo 92 2001 293—325 ko 정재영 (Jeong Jae-yeong)