-래

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Korean[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?rae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?lae
McCune–Reischauer?rae
Yale Romanization?lay

Suffix[edit]

(-rae)

  1. Short for () (-ra(-go) hae, [one] says that...); alternative form of (-dae), used in the environments of the allomorph (-ra) of (-da).
    따르면 나무 동물.
    Gyae mar-e ttareumyeon namu-do dongmur-irae.
    According to what he says, trees are apparently animals.
    아기 먹지 않더.
    Agi-ga bab-eul meokji-reul anteorae.
    The baby is apparently refusing to eat.
  2. Short for () (-ra(-go) hae, [one] says to...); post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of 으래 (-eurae).
    보고 .Na-bogo garae.He told me to leave.