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Pronunciation

  • Lacks ㅟ and ㅚ
  • Little difference between ㅡ and ㅓ, and ㅐ and ㅔ
    • 언어 and 은어 → [어너]
  • Lacks some double consonants, like ㅆ
    • 쌌다 → [삳다]
    • 쌀 → [살]
  • Dipthongs commonly loose the 'w' sound
    • 사과 → [사가]
  • Sometimes ㅏ, ㅓ, ㅗ, ㅡ become either ㅓ or ㅣ when there's vowel assimilation
    • 막히다 → [매키다]
    • 먹이다 → 매기다
    • 옮기다 → 앵기다
    • 죽이다 → 지기다
  • Sometimes a ㄱ, ㅋ, or ㄲ at the beginning of a word becomes ㅈ, ㅊ, or ㅉ
    • 김치 → [짐치]
    • 기름 → [지름]
  • Sometimes a beginning 히 becomes a 시
    • 힘 → [심]
  • Sometimes a beginning consonant becomes a double
    • 과자 → [까자]

Grammar

The Gyeongsang dialect maintains a trace of Middle Korean: the grammar of the dialect distinguishes between a yes-no question and a wh-question, while Standard Modern Korean does not. With an informal speech level, for example, yes-no questions end with "-a (아)" and wh-questions end with "-o (오)" in the Gyeongsang dialect, whereas in standard speech both types of questions end in either "이" or "어" without a difference between the types of questions. For example:

  • "밥 묵읏나?" (Bap mugeutna?) as opposed to "밥 먹었니?" (Bap meogeotni?) or "밥 먹었어?" (Bap meogeosseo?) — "Did you eat?"
  • "머 하노?" (Meo hano?) as opposed to "뭐 하니?" (Mwo hani?) or "뭐 해?" (Mwo hae?) — "What are you doing?"

Notice that the first question can be answered with a yes or no, while the latter question is to be answered otherwise.

This phenomenon can also be observed in tag questions, which are answered with a yes or no.

  • "Eopje, geujya?" (업제 그쟈?) as opposed to "Eopji, geureotchi?" (없지, 그렇지?) — "It isn't there, is it?"

Noun modifiers

  • Instead of -이 after a noun, it becomes -이가
    • 가심이가 아푸다
  • Instead of -을/-를, it becomes 로
    • 물로 묵고
  • Instead of -한테, it becomes -인대
    • 이거 나인대 잇던 거 아이가?
  • Instead of -와/-과, it becomes -캉
    • 내캉 가치 가자.

Verbs

  • Sometimes verbs add 어 instead of 아 for glue
    • 받아 → [받어]
  • Sometimes the glue changes
    • 비벼 → 비비
    • 줘 → 도
      • 이리 줘 → [이리 도]
  • Sometimes the bottom consonant isn't removed
    • 더워 → 덥어
    • 나아 → 낫아
  • Some verbs are very different
    • 먹다 → 묵다
      • 먹으면 → 무우면
      • 먹어서 → 무우서

Verb Endings

Statements

  • -ㅁ니더/-심니더 (합쇼체)
  • -내 (하게체)
  • -ㄴ다/-넌다 (해라체)
  • Verbs adding 요 for middle form add 얘 instead
    • 여기 있어요 → 여기 잇어얘
    • 여기 있는데요 → 여기 잇넌대얘

Questions

  • -ㅁ니꺼/-심니꺼 (합쇼체)
  • -넌교/-(으)ㄴ교 (합쇼체)
  • -넌가/-(으)ㄴ가 (하게체)
  • -나 (해라체)

Questions with where, why, etc. end with:

  • -넌고/-(으)ㄴ고 (하게체)
    • 어대 가넌고?
    • 이건 누구 책이고?
  • -노 (해라체)

Questions with just yes or no answers, end with:

  • -넌가/-(으)ㄴ가 (하게체)
    • 집애 가넌가?
    • 이건 니 책이가?
  • -나 (해라체)

Other

  • (합쇼체) (으)ㅂ시다 → -(으)입시더
  • 못V can change to [몬]V
    • 못 하다 → 몬 하다
    • 못 오다 → 몬 오다
  • The quote form can change
    • 뭐라고요? → 머라꼬예?
    • 뭐라고 했냐? → 머라 캣노?
  • A verb description a noun can change (-는 → -넌) (-았-/-었- → -앗-/-엇-)
    • 밥을 먹은 사람 → 밥 무웃넌 사람

Vocabulary

  • Sometimes where you see a ㅂ or ㅅ where there isn't one in the standard dialect, it's because it's closer to older Korean (ㅸ, ㅿ)
  • Sometimes where you see a ㅗ where there's a ㅏ in the standard dialect, it's because it's closer to older Korean (ㆍ)
General 경상도
Dialect Standard English
정구지 부추 korean leek
찌짐/지짐이 전 korean pan fried food
가시개 가위 scissors
새그럽다 시다 sour
정지 부엌 kitchen
따시다 따뜻하다 warm
찹다 차갑다 cold
디다 힘들다/지치다 exhausted
올리다 토하다 vomit
뽀꿈쥐다 꽉 잡다 grab tight
데피다 데우다 heat up
봉다리 봉지 plastic bag
어제 아래 그저께 the day before yesterday
문때다 문지르다 rub off
억수로 매우 많이 very much
가시나
머시마
아 아이 kid
아지매 고모, 이모
아재 삼촌
어무이 어머니
아부지 아버지
폴 (like ᄑᆞᆯ) 팔
뽀리다 (like ᄲᆞᄅᆞ다) 빠르다
새비 (like 사ᄫᅵ) 새우
무시 (like 무ᅀᅮ) 무우

Phrases

General 경상도
Dialect Standard English
밥 뭇나?/밥 먹었나? 밥 먹었어? Have you eaten?
밥 무라 밥 먹어. Come and eat.
와이라노/와이카노 왜 그래? What's wrong?
맞나? 정말? Really?
글라? 그래? Really?
뭐라캐싼노? 뭐라구?/뭐라고 얘기하고 있는거야? What are you talking about?
뭐라고 씨부리쌌노! 너 지금 무슨말을 하고있는 거야! What the hell are you talking about?
뭐고?/뭐꼬? 뭐야? What is it?
가가가가? 걔가 그사람이야? Is he the guy?
엔가이 좀 해라 그만 좀 해. Stop it. That's enough.
디질래? 죽을래? Do you wanna die or something?
죽고싶나 ? 죽고 싶어? Do you wanna die or something?
뿌사뿔라 부셔버릴거야. I'll break it.
아 쫌!! 아 그만좀 해. 너 왜자꾸 그러는거니? That's enough. What's wrong with you?
아니다안캤나 아니라고 하지 않았니? I said no.
이리온나. 이리와. Come here.

See also