-ㅅ

Pronunciation

• IPA: [t̚]

Particle

ㅅ • (-t)

1. (colloquial) a sentence-final emphatic particle, most common among younger speakers
   • 거기 섯! ― Geogi seot! ― Stop!
   • 가잣! ― Gajat! ― Let's go!
   • 힘내랏... ― Himnaerat... ― Good luck... (chatspeak)

Alternative forms

These are the prescribed orthographic variants of -ㅅ (-s) in Sejong's original vision of the Hangul script, represented in the very early texts Hunmin jeongeum eonhae (1446) and Yongbi eocheonga (1447) which were supervised by the king himself.

• (between obstruents) -ㅅ (-s)
• (between sonorants) -ㅿ (-z)
• (after -ㆁ (-ng) and before an obstruent) -ㄱ (-k)
• (after -ㄴ (-n) and before an obstruent) -ㄷ (-t)
• (after -ㅁ (-m) and before an obstruent) -ㅂ (-p)
• (after -ㄹ (-l) or any vowel and before an obstruent) -ㆆ (-q)

This reflects the allomorphy taken by the particle, discussed below. This proved to be very cumbersome in practice, not being fully implemented even in the two early texts themselves, and was abandoned almost immediately after Sejong's death. Virtually all subsequent Middle Korean texts uniformly use -ㅅ (-s).

Pronunciation

• (between obstruents) IPA: [s]
• (between sonorants) IPA: [z]
• (after a sonorant and before an obstruent) Tensing of the subsequent obstruent

Particle

ㅅ (-s)

1. of, -s; Genitive marker used for an inanimate noun or for an honored animate noun.
2. Used after another particle, especially the locative particles, to mark it as attributing the subsequent noun.