-습네다

Korean Etymology See the main entry. Suffix ko suffix ko Pyongan Northern _ Hwanghae areas of _ Hamgyong potentially _ dated ko -습니다 formal polite declarative suffix ko 1939 lw:ko:^대하(大河) Great River ko 김남천ko 천만-에 말씀이-올세다, 퍽-이나 바쁘-시--겠-습네다. You're welcome, you must be quite busy. 평안남도 ko 성천군 As the novel is set in the writer's hometown, the author, future North Korean writer Kim Namcheon, presumably is writing in his native dialect. Usage notes While some North Korean defectors claim that this is an exaggerated or made-up form used to disparage North Koreans, this is probably because the majority of defectors come from the northernmost regions of the Korean peninsula, and are speakers of Yukjin or Northern Hamgyong variants which instead use the ko -으꾸마, ko -습꾸마 or ko -슴다 forms. Among defectors from Pyongan speaking areas, some appear to consider this form old fashioned or quaint.