-던
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Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Equivalent to 더 (-deo-, retrospective suffix) + ㄴ (-n, past/realis adnominal suffix), but it retains the older imperfective sense of 더 (-deo-), not its modern and more nuanced "retrospective" sense.
Suffix
[edit]던 • (-deon)
- The imperfective adnominal marker, used to make verbs and adjectives attribute nouns:
- After verb stems, indicates an action or state which was interrupted and hence not completed.
- After verb stems, indicates an event in the past which happened on a regular basis, but does not continue now.
- After adjective stems, indicates a state which no longer exists.
- After verb stems, indicates an action or state which was interrupted and hence not completed.