-스무니다

Korean

Etymology

A stereotypical Japanese mispronunciation of the formal polite declarative verbal suffix -습니다 (-seumnida), as Japanese lacks coda /-m/.

See also Chinese 思密達 / 思密达 (sīmìdá), Japanese ニダ (nida), Japanese and Chinese equivalents towards Koreans.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seumunida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seumunida
McCune–Reischauer?ssŭmunida
Yale Romanization?qsumunita

Suffix

-스무니다 • (-seumunida)

  1. (sometimes offensive) Alternative form of -습니다 (-seumnida) used to denote that the person speaking is Japanese.
    Coordinate term: -해 (-hae, steoretypical suffix for Chinese)