-야

야 Korean Pronunciation Etymology 1 From ko okm - -야〮 -yá; see the main entry for more. Particle particle ko -아 vocative particle hey Post-vowel allomorphic ko ^현우-야, 너-가 물 엎질렀어? Hyeonwoo, did you spill the water? ko 나무-야, 넌 이름-이 뭐-니? Hey, tree, what's your name? ko 찰스야, 힙스터가 뭐야? Charles, what is a "hipster?" Usage notes For words formed by the suffix ko -이 or ends with a consonant, the suffix is typically deleted and the vocative takes ko -아. ko 두꺼비 toad > ko 두껍-아 hey, toad ko 민욱 Minwook > ko 민욱-아 Hey, Minwook The word is used as an informal suffix. The formal equivalents to the word are -님 and -씨. For example: ko 찰스야, 책 재밌니? Charles, is the book interesting? ko 두보이스 씨, 책이 흥미로우셨나요? Mr. DuBois, are you feeling being interested in the book? Etymology 2 Suffix ko casual informal ko -어 intimate-style suffix, used after the copulas ko -이다 to be and ko 아니다 to not be ko 이게 바로 표범-이-야. This is what they call a leopard. ko 뭐-야? What is it? ko 아니-야. 할 말 없어. It's nothing. I have nothing to say. Usage notes Only used directly after the stems of ko -이다 to be, either explicit or implicit, and its negative ko 아니다 to not be. If another suffix intervenes, the suffix reverts to ko -어: ko 뭐-였-어? What was this? (with past-marking ko -었-) Before ko -요 politeness-marking particle attached to the intimate style, the form is again irregular ko -에요, and ko 이-에요 contracts to ko -예요 following a vowel. ko 뭐-야 > 뭐-예요? What's this? intimate > What's this? polite It cannot replace ko -어 in its infinitive/connective sense. The copulas' equivalent to connective ko -어 is ko -라, although ko -어 can still be used. Etymology 3 emphatic From ko okm - -ᅀᅡ〮 -zá, from ko oko 沙 *-sa; see the main entry for more. Particle particle ko -이야 emphatic particle Post-vowel allomorphic See also ko -어야 verb suffix