-ㄴ게

Korean

Etymology

Related to dialectal ㄴ께 (-nkke).

Suffix

ㄴ게 • (-n'ge)

  1. (Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Southwestern Gyeongsang) Post-vowel and post-ㄹ allomorphic form of 으니게 (-eunige)
    Synonym: (Standard Korean) 니까 (-nikka)
    • 2011 January 22, 정로자 [jeongnoja], “강피 훑던 여자가 죽어서 매미가 된 이야기 [gangpi huldeon yeojaga jugeoseo maemiga doen iyagi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎, 경상남도 남해군 서면 [gyeongsangnamdo namhaegun seomyeon]:
      그 과게 보는 사람이 본게 저그 마누래되는 사람인데.
      Geu gwage bo-neun saram-i bon'ge jeogeu manuraedoe-neun saram-inde.
      After seeing a person who can look into the past (fortuneteller), [he found that] that's the person that will become his wife.
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