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Dear KS list members:<BR> <BR>I am stuck on a question of the utmost triviality, but I can't get a satisfactory answer from other sources. (Warning: mindnumbing discussion of pronunciation rules follows!)<BR>
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The non-polite, non-formal, present finite form of the verb ÇÏ´Ù (hada) is ÇÏ¿© (hayo^), which of course is often shortened to ÇØ (hae). The vowel sound in ÇØ (hae) is long, because it represents the consolidation of two distinct vowel sounds. This is shown in the Ç¥Áر¹¾î´ë»êÀü (P'yojun Kugo^ Taesajo^n; _Dictionary of Standard Korean_) for ÇÏ´Ù01 (hada 01), and in Ç¥ÁØ ¹ßÀ½¹ý (P'yojun Paru^mpo^p; _Standard Pronunciation Rules_), rule 6 (<A href="http://korean.go.kr/06_new/rule/rule04_04_03.jsp">http://korean.go.kr/06_new/rule/rule04_04_03.jsp</A>).<BR>
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One would assume that, by analogy, verbs and adjectives that consist of a root word plus the suffix -ÇÏ´Ù (-hada) [e.g., °¡´ÉÇÏ´Ù (kanu^nghada)] would also have a long vowel sound when conjugated to °¡´ÉÇØ (kanu^nghae). If one consults the same rule 6 in the "P'yojun Paru^mpo^p," however, one sees it mentioned that contracted diphthongs (or triphthongs) only have a long vowel sound if the verb or adjective stem is single-syllable, which would thus apply to ÇÏ´Ù (hada) itself but not to °¡´ÉÇÏ´Ù (kanu^nghada). Thus, ÇØ (hae) would have a long vowel sound, whereas °¡´ÉÇØ (kanu^nghae) would end in a short vowel sound. More specifically, elsewhere under the same rule 6, it is mentioned that nouns with long vowels in their first syllables shorten their vowel sounds when they are preceded by a prefix.<BR> <BR>
All the above applies to µÇ´Ù (toeda) as well, whose abbreviated, non-polite, non-formal, present finite form is µÅ (twae), also with a long vowel sound, because it's a contraction of µÇ¾î (toeo^). Thus, the ambiguity is this: should word forms such as °¡´ÉÇØ (kanu^nghae) or <BR>
ÀÔÇеŠ(ip'aktwae) end in a short vowel sound or a long vowel sound?<BR>
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At first glance, the "P'yojun Kugo^ Taesajo^n" does not answer this question, because while it indicates the paradigmatic conjugated forms and pronunciations of the standalone verbs µÇ´Ù01 (toeda 01) and ÇÏ´Ù01 (hada 01), it does not do the same for the suffixes -µÇ´Ù05 (-toeda 05) or -ÇÏ´Ù03 (hada 03), nor does it give the pronunciations of the conjugated verbs of virtually any verbs or adjectives ending in those suffixes.<BR>
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As I write this, however, I may have found the answer to this question. The one special adjective ¾ÈµÇ´Ù02 (andoeda 02) gets its own entry in the "Taesajo^n," and shows no long-vowel mark for the conjugated form ¾ÈµÅ (andwae). Could this be a model for all similar compound verbs and adjectives???<BR>
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If anyone has survived to this point in my email and is still awake, I would appreciate any light or guidance you can shed on this.<BR>
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Yours,<BR>
Stefan Ewing<BR><br /><hr />Explore the seven wonders of the world <a href='http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+world&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE' target='_new'>Learn more!</a></body>
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