-댔-

-댔-

Korean

Etymology

Same origin as Hwanghae and Pyongan dialectal 댓 (-daet-).

Suffix

댔 • (-daet-)

1. (Hwanghae, some areas of Northwestern Gyeonggi) Dialectal form of 었 (-eot-, “past tense marker going onto the main verb, adjective or copula of the sentence”).
   • 근데 어머니 만날 안 갔댔어요. (Hwanghae, Yeonan)

     Geunde eomeoni mannal an gatdaesseoyo.

     But I didn't visit my mother.

     An excerpt of an 2021 interview regarding a North Korean defector hailing from South Hwanghae province.

   • 말을 멕였댔다구 (Gyeonggi, Ganghwa)

     mar-eul megyeotdaetdagu

     They said that they fed the horse.

     (Excerpt from the folk tale 'Bee Swarm Story')

Synonyms

• -댓- (-daet-) (Northern Dialectal)