던
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Korean
Etymology
Presumably from the past continuous tense inflectional suffix -더- (deo-, “deo”). Not to be confused with suffixes of similar sound -든 (deun, “deun”), -든지 (deunji, “irrespective of ...”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key)[tʌ̹n]
- Phonetic Hangul[던]
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Suffix
—던 • (-deon)
- past continuous tense marker, making an adjective clause:
- after verb stems, indicates action or state which was interrupted by the occurrence of another action or state
- after verb stems, functions as a retrospective marker, indicates events in the past, often events which happened on a regular basis
- after adjective stems, indicates a state which no longer exists
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