해라체 - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From 해라 (haera, formal, non-polite imperative of 하다 (hada, “to do”)) + 체(體) (che, “style”).
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ(ː)ɾa̠t͡ɕʰe̞] ~ [ˈhe̞(ː)ɾa̠t͡ɕʰe̞]
- Phonetic hangul: [해(ː)라체/헤(ː)라체]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | haerache |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | haelache |
| McCune–Reischauer? | haerach'e |
| Yale Romanization? | hāyla.chey |
해라체 • (haerache)
- (grammar, linguistics) The formal, non-polite speech level in Korean.
해라체 (haerache) is a speech level used to younger or lower-rank people. It is also used almost universally in books, newspapers, and magazines; also used in reported speech ("She said that...").
Korean words inflected in this speech level are commonly characterized by the ending 다 (-da) in declarative statements, 냐 (-nya) or 니 (-ni) in questions, 어라 (-eora) in the imperative, and 자 (-ja) in the propositive. E.g.:
- → Jeju: ᄒᆞ라체 (hawrache) (calque)
(해라체 endings)
(Other speech levels)