-ㅂ네까

Korean Etymology See ko -습니까. Suffix ko Pyongan Northern _ Hwanghae areas of _ Hamgyong ko -습네까 post-vowel or post-liquid allomorphic formal polite interrogative suffix ko -ㅂ니까 ko 1949 lw:ko:^청춘극장 Theatre of Youth ko:평안남도 대동군 w:Kim Nae-Sung 왜-들 그럽네까? 그러-디-들 말-소-구-레. Why are you guys acting like that? Stop being like this. Taedong, South Pyongan. The writer, Kim Nae-Sung, was born and raised in Namgot township of Taedong County (modern-day Kangnam County in Pyongyang). Usage notes While some North Korean defectors claim that this is an exaggerated or even a made-up form, most defectors are Yukjin or Hamgyong speakers from Northern Hamgyong or Yanggang Province, and thus use, ko -슴둥, ko -슴두 or ko -슴까 forms instead. Among defectors from Pyongan speaking areas, some appear to consider this form old fashioned or quaint.