Greetings & Basic Vocab Flashcards
what is informal speech called?
반말
what is formal speech called?
존댓말
인사 (명사) / 인사하다 (동사)
a greeting / to greet
what is the word for “noun”
명사
what is the word for “verb”
동사
what is the word for “adjective”
혀요사
“Nice to meet you.”
만나서 반갑습니다 -- *만나다 to meet + 반갑다 glad, nice, pleasure 습 formal marker 니다 is/to be
literally: “meet (you) pleasure is”
“It’s my first time meeting you.”
저음 first + 뵙게 meet
literally: first time meet (you) is.
formal: “How have you been?”
literally “Have you been spending time well?”
잘 well + 지내다 to spend time + 니까? are you? 까question marker
this has 습 as a formal marker
Answer the question:
잘지내습니까?
네. 잘 지냅니다. (Yes, I have been spending time well.”
literally: yes. well spend time have.
no. could not spend time well.
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못 not, with connotation of something out of your control.
*니다 no formal marker for yourself.