Let’s learn about "연락 유지"(Keep in touch)" #1

연락 : contact; call; get in touch (with)

유지 : keep, maintain

1) 연락하면서 지내요 : Stay in touch.

[other expressions]

- 연락하면서 지내요.

- 연락하면서 지냅시다. (formal)

[explanations]

* 연락하다 : contact; get in touch; call

* -면서 : with ...ing

* 지내다 : (1) spend [pass] one's time; lead a life; get along; live; make a living; earn one's living; support oneself (2) hold (3) associate (with); consort (with) (4) fare; do

* 지내요 : 지내다 + -요(an honourific suffix)

* 지냅시다 : 지내다 + -ㅂ시다(a persuasive verb ending suffix, means "Let’s ~", has an honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

2) (나중에) 연락할게요 : I’ll keep in touch (later)

[other expressions]

- 연락할게요.

- 연락하겠습니다. (formal)

- 연락 줄게요.

- 연락 주겠습니다. (formal; rarely used)

- 연락 드릴게요. (more honourific)

- 연락 드리겠습니다. (formal; more honourific)

[explanations]

* 나중에 : later

* 연락(하다) : contact; call; keep in touch

* 주다 : give

* 드리다 : an honourific form of 주다 to other person. esp. to the elderly

* a verb + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -게(one’s will) + -요(honourific suffix)

* a verb + -겠(one’s will) + -습니다(a descriptive verb ending suffix has an honourific by ‘-습’)

3. 조만간 (또) 만나요 : Let’s have another get-togather soon; Let’s meet up real soon.

[other expressions]

- 조만간 (또) 만나요.

- 조만간 (또) 만납시다. (formal)

[explanations]

* 조만간 : [=곧] soon; real soon

* 또 : again

* 만나다 : meet; see

* 만나요 : 만나다 + -요(an honourific suffix)

* 만납시다 : 만나다 + -ㅂ시다(a persuasive verb ending suffix, means "Let’s ~", has an honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

4. 정기적으로 만났으면 좋겠어요 : We should meet up on a regular basis.

[other expressions]

- 정기적으로 만났으면 좋겠네요.

- 정기적으로 만났으면 좋겠어요.

- 정기적으로 만났으면 좋겠습니다. (formal)

[explanations]

* 정기[定期] : a fixed time [term, period]; a regular interval; a stated period; the option market

* 정기[正氣] : a fair and equitable spirit; uprighteousness; the spirit which animates and controls the universe

* 정기[精氣] : essence; spirit and energy

* 정기적 / 정기적인 : regular

* 정기적으로 : periodically; regularly

* 만나다 : meet (up); see

* 만났다 : past tense of 만나다

* -으면 : if

* 만났으면 : [hypothesis] If we meet up

* 좋은 : good

* 좋다 : be good

* 좋겠다 : 좋다 + -겠(one’s will; probability; conjecture) + -다(formal verb ending suffix)

* 좋겠습니다 : 좋다 + -겠(one’s will; probability; conjecture) + -습니다(a descriptive verb ending suffix has an honourific by ‘-습’)

* -(으)면 좋겠다 / -(으)면 좋겠습니다 : We should ~ / We had better ~