-간

Korean

Etymology

Shortening of 갓 (-gat-) + 니 (-ni).[1] Compare 언 (-eon), which is also used in northwestern Korean.

Suffix

간 • (-gan)

  1. (Pyongan, parts of Hwanghae) a plain-style interrogative suffix
    • 1981, 김시봉 [gimsibong], “아이어르는소리둥둥타령 [aieoreuneunsori-dungdungtaryeong]”, in MBC 한국민요대전 음반자료 사이트 [MBC han'gungminyodaejeon eumbanjaryo saiteu]‎, 평안북도 동림군 동림읍 [pyeong'anbukdo dongnimgun dongnimeup]:
      은을 주면 널 사간 금을 준들 널 사간
      eun-eul ju-myeon neol sagan geum-eul jundeul neol sagan
      Would I buy you for silver, would I buy you for gold
      Lyrics to a traditional lullaby from the Tongrim area.

Usage notes
  • Used in place of where 겠니 (-genni) would be used in Standard Korean.

References
  1. 최소연 (Choi So-yeon) (2020) 황해도 안악 지역어의 음운론적연구 [hwanghaedo anak jiyeogeoui eumullonjeogyeon'gu, A Phonological Study on the Regional Language of Anak County in the Hwanghae Region], 서울대학교 대학원 [seouldaehakgyo daehagwon], page 105
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