G5.1 The Intimate Speech style: ~¾î, ¾Æ
 
 

Example

(1) ½ºÆ¼ºê ¿©º¸¼¼¿ä?
  µ¿¼ö: ½ºÆ¼ºê, ³ª¾ß ¾Æ±î ÀüÈ­Çß¾î?
Steve, it's me. Did you call me a little while ago?
(2) ½ºÆ¼ºê: ¿ì¸® Çб³ ¾Õ¿¡¼­ µµºÀ»ê±îÁö °¡´Â ¹ö½º ÀÖ¾î?
  µ¿¼ö: Á÷Á¢ °¡´Â ¹ö½º´Â ¾ø°í, ÁöÇÏöÀ» Ÿ°í µµºÀ¿ª±îÁö °¡.
°Å±â¼­ 23¹ø ¹ö½º·Î °¥¾ÆŸ¸é µÅ.
(3) ½ºÆ¼ºê: °í¸¶¿ö. ±×·³ ³»ÀÏ Çб³¿¡¼­ ¸¸³ªÀÚ.
  µ¿¼ö: ÀÀ, ±×·³ ²÷¾î.
(4) ½ºÆ¼ºê: ¹ÎÁö¾ß, ³»ÀÏ µî»ê °¥ °Å¾ß?
  ¹ÎÁö ÀÀ. °°ÀÌ °¥·¡?
  ½ºÆ¼ºê: ÁÁ¾Æ. ±×·³ ³»ÀÏ ¾Æħ¿¡ ÀüÈ­ÇØ.
  ¹ÎÁö: ±×·¯Áö ¸»°í, ¾Æħ¿¡ ¿ì¸® ÁýÀ¸·Î ¿Í.

Note

1.

Between close people, e.g., friends from childhood, siblings, etc., the so-called Intimate (Speech) style is used.

The Intimate style is represented by the ending ¡­¾î/¾Æ.

2.

Note that the Polite style ¡­¾î¿ä/¾Æ¿ä consists of the Intimate style ending ¡­¾î/¾Æ followed by the Polite marker ¡­¿ä.

Therefore, the Intimate style is subject to the same variation as the Polite¡­¾î¿ä/¾Æ¿ä style.

That is, the form is¡­¾Æ if the last vowel of the verb stem is either ¾Æor ¿À, as in ÁÁ¾Æ in (4), except that the ending ¡­¾Æ is deleted if the stem ends in ¾Æ or ¾Ö without a final consonant, as in °¡ in (2).

Otherwise the form is ¡­¾î, as in ÀÖ¾î in (2) and ²÷¾î in (3). When the predicate is -ÇÏ´Ù, ÇÏ+¾î renders ÇØ, as in ÀüÈ­ÇØ in (4) (cf. ÀüÈ­ÇØ¿ä).

After the Past Tense Marker ¡­¾ú/¾Ò, ¡­¾î is used regardless of the stem vowel.

3. Note that ÀÀ is used instead of ³×. Some speakers pronunce ÀÀ as [¾û]. For ¾Æ´Ï¿ä, ¾Æ´Ï¾ß is used in the Intimate Style.