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-으우다
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Jeju
Pronunciation
Suffix
jje suffix
Sentence-final declarative suffix in the "deferential style" jje ᄒᆞᆸ서체 formal polite speech level.
jje ^민호-야, ᄒᆞᆫ저 들어오랑 느 성 좀 도왜주라! ^경ᄒᆞᆫ디 오널 날-이 막 ᄆᆞᆰ-으우다-양... Minho, come inside and help your brother!But the weather today is so clear...
Usage notes
jje -으우다 falls under the "completed action" side of the traditional Jeju verb paradigm in that, outside of jje -으쿠다, it should only be used after jje -언, and should not refer to recurring or known events, for which jje -읍네다 should be used instead.1065
Compare:
jje 이 우와겐 ᄉᆞ미-가 너미 질-언 나-신딘 너미 크-우다. This dress shirt is too big for me because the sleeves are too long.
General observation based on a current event, such as having just tried the shirt on.
jje 이 우와겐 ᄉᆞ미-가 너미 질-엉 나-신딘 너미 큽-네다. (I know) this dress shirt is too big for me because the sleeves are too long.
Evidential statement, based on prior experience and recurring events.
jje -으우다 has complex allomorphy when used with Jeju verbs and adjectives:218-221 7: Sentence enders
jje -으우다 is used after adjective stems ending in a consonant other than jje ㄹ.
jje 족다 to be small -> jje 족-으우다 it's small
jje -우다 is used after adjective stems ending in a vowel or jje ㄹ, and is used after the copula jje -이다 and the ending jje -읔- (forming jje -으쿠다. It can also be used after jje -엇- and jje -어ᇝ-.
jje ᄈᆞ르다 to be fast -> jje ᄈᆞ르-우다 it's fast
jje 얼다 to be cold -> jje 어-우다 it's cold
jje 벗 friend + jje -이다 to be -> jje 벗-이-우다 (they) are a friend
jje ᄒᆞ다 to do + jje -읔- -> jje ᄒᆞ쿠다 (I) will do haw-k-uda
jje -이우다 is used after adjective stems ending in jje ㅅ, jje ㅈ, or jje ㅊ.
jje ᄃᆞᆺ다 to be warm -> jje ᄃᆞᆺ-이우다 it's warm
jje -수다 is an alternative option possible after adjective stems ending in a consonant other than jje ㄹ, and is preferred after jje -엇- and jje -어ᇝ-.
jje 좋다 to be good -> jje 좋-수다 it's good
jje 먹다 to eat + jje -엇- -> jje 먹-엇-수다 (I) ate meog-eos-suda
jje 하다 to be a lot + jje -아ᇝ- -> jje 하ᇝ-수다 it's becoming many ha-ms-suda
jje -우다 cannot be used after uninflected verbs. jje -어ᇝ- must be used in tandem.
jje 가다 to go -> jje 가ᇝ-수다 it's going
Derived terms
jje -으쿠다 -으우덴 -으우뎅
Related terms
jje -우가, jje -우강
jje -우과, jje -우광
References
jje inflectional suffixes