a suffix indicating the first-person plural present indicative of -ar · a suffix indicating the (Brazilian Portuguese spelling) first-person plural preterite indicative of -ar
köken: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -amos, from Latin -āmus. Cognate with Galician and Spanish -amos.
conjunctive form of 頑張る (ganbaru) · do your best, good luck, keep at it, don't give up, hang in there
köken: The conjunctive form of verb 頑張る (ganbaru, “to do one's best, to work hard, to persist”). Semantically a mild imperative as an interjection, as the conjunctive form often acts as such (as a shortening of 〜てください (-te kudasai, “please ~”)).
Hortative suffix for sentence-final verbs in the 하오체 (haoche, “formal”) speech level.
köken: Only reached its present form in the early twentieth century. Ultimately from Middle Korean -ᅀᆞᆸ〯- (Yale: -zǒp-, object-honorific suffix) + -사〮ᅌᅵ다〮 (Yale: -sángìtá, hortative suffix).