Let’s learn about "의사 결정(decision making) #6

1. 불가능한 일이야 : It’s impossible / It’s never going to work / Fat chance

[other expressions]

- 불가능한 일이다. (to younger people or your friends)

- 불가능한 일이야. (to younger people or your friends)

- 불가능한 일이에요.

- 불가능한 일입니다. (formal)

[explanations]

* 가능한 : possible

* 불가능한 : impossible

* 일 : (1) a work; a job (2) a thing in the sentence

* 이다 : be; exist; have

* a noun + -다 / -야 : a descriptive form of 이다

* a noun + -예요 / -이에요 / -입니다 : an honourific descriptive form of 이다  by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ’

* -예요 : this is used after a word ends a vowel

* -이에요 : this is used after a word ends a consonant

2. (당신) 제정신이에요 : Are you crazy / Have you gone mad

[other expressions]

- 니 제정신이니? (to younger people or your friends)

- 니 제정신이냐? (to younger people or your friends)

- 당신 제정신이에요? (your wife or husband; to younger people or your friends when you’re very angry)

- 당신 제정신입니까? (your wife or husband; to younger people or your friends when you’re very angry)

[explanations]

* 니 / 너 : you (non-honourific form)

* 당신 : you (your wife or husband; to younger people or your friends when you’re very angry)

* 정신 : mind; spirit; soul; will; intention; mentality; motive; genius

* 제정신 / 본정신 / 자기 본래의 똑바른 정신 : (1) consciousness (2) sanity; reason; right mind (3) soberness <— 제(one’s own) + 정신(mind)

* 이다 : be; exist; have

* a noun + -이니? / -이냐? : a questioning form of 이다

* a noun + -예요? / -이에요? / -입니까? : an honourific questioning form of 이다  by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ’

* -예요 : this is used after a word ends a vowel

* -이에요 : this is used after a word ends a consonant

3. 니 말이 맞는 거 같다 : You could br right / I think you are right

[other expressions]

- 니/당신 말이 맞는 거 같다. (to younger people or your friends)

- 니/당신 말이 맞는 거 같네. (to younger people or your friends)

- 니/당신 말이 맞는 거 같아. (to younger people or your friends)

- 선생님 말이 맞는 거 같네요.

- 선생님 말이 맞는 거 같아요.

- 선생님 말이 맞는 거 같습니다. (formal)

* 당신 shouldn’t be used to the elderly than yout age

* 선생님 can be replaced by someone’s title such as "교수님, 부장님, 대표님, 사장님, 어머님, 아버님, 형님, 누나/누님, an so on"

[explanations]

* 니 / 너 : you (non-honourific form)

* 당신 : you (your wife or husband; to younger people or your friends when you’re very angry)

* 의 : a suffix makes 니 / 당신 / 선생님 possesive; this is omitted

* 말 : a word

* 이 : a suffix makes 말 subjective after a word ends a consonant

* 맞은 : right

* 맞다 : be right

* 맞는 : 맞다 + -는(a suffix makes a verb descriptive or present tense

* 거 : a short form of 것(a thing; a stuff)

* 같다 : (1) be same (2) seem 

* -는 거 같다 / -는 것 같다 : I think ~; I guess ~

* a verb + 다 / -네 / -아 : a descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -요 / -습니다 : : a descriptive verb ending suffix has an honourific by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ’

4. 예감이 안 좋아요 : I have a bad feeling about this / I got a hunch that something will happen

[other expressions]

- 예감이 안 좋다.

- 예감이 안 좋네.

- 예감이 안 좋아.

- 예감이 안 좋네요.

- 예감이 안 좋아요.

- 예감이 안 좋습니다. (formal)

[explanations]

* 예감 : a presentiment; a premonition; a hunch; a presage; foreboding

* 이 : a suffix makes 예감 subjective after a word ends a consonant

* 안 : not

* 좋은 : good

* 좋다 : be good

* 안 좋은 : bad

* 안 좋다 : be bad

* a verb + 다 / -네 / -아 : a descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -요 / -습니다 : : a descriptive verb ending suffix has an honourific by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ’