-들

들 Korean Etymology ws -ᄃᆞᆶ〮 -tólh Beyond Korean, most likely related to ja - 達 たち pluralizing morpheme; if so, the ancestral form may have been */tatVk/ or similar.120 Pronunciation Particle particle An auxiliary plural particle with an emphasis on the individuality of each item. See Usage notes for more. ko 사람들 people, persons ko 기억들 memories ko 빨리들 하세요. Get it done quickly. when addressing multiple people ko 그 사람들-은 가족-이에요. Those people are family. 그 사람들은 가족이에요.ogg Usage notes Korean does not grammatically distinguish between singular and plural nouns. Thus, while ko 사람들 means "people", ko 사람 can mean either "person" or "people", depending on context. ko 들 has a nuance of emphasizing the individuality of each item. Compare the following: ko 아이-가 공부-만 해서-는 안 된다. Children [a child in a generic sense; children as a collective group] should not just be studying. ko 아이들-이 공부-만 해서-는 안 된다. The children [specific children, or simply emphasizing the individuality of children] should not just be studying. ko 우리-가 하는 말 좀 들어봐. Listen for a bit to what we are saying. ko 우리들-이 하는 말 좀 들어봐. Listen for a bit to what we [each of us] are saying. ko 들 is not typically used for a quantified noun, except in a construction where the classifier precedes the quantified noun and is linked by the genitive particle ko 의. ko 두 사람 two people ko 두 사람들 two people (but uncommon) ko 사람 두 명 two people ko 사람들 두 명 two out of some larger group of people ko 두 명-의 사람 two people ko 두 명-의 사람들 two people ko 들 is obligatory after the deictic determiners ko 이 this, ko 그 that, ko 저 that. ko 저 사람 that person ko 저 사람들 those people ko 들 can be used after an adverb or an object to pluralize the subject, especially when the subject has been omitted. ko 빨리들 먹어라 quick, let's eat command to a group of people ko 밥들 먹어라 let's eat rice command to a group of people References