ᠰᡝᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ

ᠰᡝᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ

Manchu

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [sə.rəŋ.ŋə]

Verb

ᠰᡝᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ • (serengge)

1. non-past verbal noun of ᠰᡝᠮᠪᡳ (sembi)

Particle

ᠰᡝᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ • (serengge)

1. The topic marker, with various nuances according to context:
   1. Used to mark an already known topic, to which the subsequent statement applies.

      1765, Wang Shipu, Wang Dexin, transl., Si siyang gi bithe [Romance of the Western Chamber]:

      ᠵᠠᠩ
      ᡤᡳᠶᡡᠨ
      ᡧᡠᡳ
      ᠰᡝᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ᠈
      ᠮᡳᠨᡳ
      ᡩᡝᠣ᠉

      jang giyūn šui serengge, mini deo.

      Zhang Junrui [TOP] is my younger brother.

   2. Used to mark the topic in statements of general fact.

      1864, Sun Tzu, Kiying, transl., Sun dzy i coohai doro bithe [The Art of War]:

      ᠰᡠᠨ
      ᡯᠶ
      ᡥᡝᠨᡩᡠᠮᡝ᠈
      ᠴᠣᠣᡥᠠ
      ᠰᡝᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ᠈
      ᡤᡠᡵᡠᠨ ᡳ
      ᠠᠮᠪᠠ
      ᠪᠠᡳᡨᠠ᠉

      Sun Tzu said: "Military [TOP] is an important matter of the State."

   3. Used with an emphatic sense.

      1894, Wan Fu, Dasame foloho manju gisun i untuhun hergen i temgetu jorin bithe [重刻清文虚字指南編]:

      ᠰᡳᠮᠪᡝ
      ᠰᠠᡳᠨ
      ᠪᡝ
      ᡨᠠᠴᡳᡴᡳᠨᡳ
      ᠰᡝᡵᡝᠩᡤᡝ
      ᡴᠠᡳ᠉

      simbe sain be tacikini serengge kai.

      I want you to study the good deeds [TOP] (and that is all that I want).