-재

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재 • (-jae)

1. (Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, colloquial Yanbian) Dialectal form of 지 (-ji, “Suffix for contrasting two facts regarding the same topic, thereby emphasizing both facts.”)
   • 1982 July 26, 유병규 [yubyeonggyu], “간담이 큰 원두표와 풍수 [gandami keun wondupyowa pungsu]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎, 경상북도 봉화군 명호면 [gyeongsangbukdo bonghwagun myeonghomyeon]:

     우로 보이께네 형제가 그 참 보통 평범한 인물이재, 큰 대물이 아이래.

     U-ro bo-ikkene hyeongje-ga geu cham botong pyeongbeomhan inmurijae, keun daemur-i ai-rae.

     After having a look above, [he found out that] the brothers were just ordinary people, rather than being big-shots.

2. (Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, colloquial Yanbian) Dialectal form of 지 (-ji, “A general-purpose sentence-final suffix with a more affirmative sense than 어 in the intimate style”)
   • 2013, 김선희 [gimseonhui, Jin Shan-ji], 연변 방언 연구 조사와 종결어미를 중심으로 [yeonbyeon bang'eon yeon'gu - josawa jonggyeoreomireul jungsimeuro, A study on particles and endings of the Yanbian dialect], Korean Language and Literature Society, page 8:

     저기 가는 애가 순이재? (Yanbian)

     Jeogi ga-neun ae-ga sunijae?

     That kid over there is Sooni, right?

• 제 (-je, “alternative spelling”)