Let’s learn about "질문과 답변(Question and Answer)" #9

1. 오늘이 며칠이죠? : What’s the date today? / What’s today? / What’s today’s date?

[other expressions]

- 오늘이 며칠이니? (to younger people or friends)

- 오늘이 며칠이냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 오늘이 며칠이야? (to younger people or friends)

- 오늘이 며칠인가? (to younger people or friends)

- 오늘이 며칠인지? (to younger people or friends)

- 오늘이 며칠이지? (to younger people or friends)

- 오늘이 며칠이지요?

- 오늘이 며칠이죠? (a short form of 며칠이지요)

- 오늘이 며칠인가요?

- 오늘이 며칠인지요?

- 오늘이 며칠입니까? (formal)

[explanations]

* 오늘 : today

* -이 : a suffix makes 오늘 the topic of the sentence after a word ends a consonant

* 며칠 : a word made from 몇(what) + 일(date); what date

* 이다 : be

* a noun + -이니? / -이냐? / -이야? / -인가? / -인지? / -이지? : a questioning form of 이다

* a noun + -이지요? / -이죠? / -인가요? / -인지요? / -입니까? : an honourific questioning form of 이다 by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ’

2. 오늘은 23일입니다 : Today is the 23rd / It’s the 23rd today

[other expressions]

- 오늘은 23일이다. (to younger people or friends)

- 오늘은 23일이네. (to younger people or friends)

- 오늘은 23일이야. (to younger people or friends)

- 오늘은 23일이네요.

- 오늘은 23일이에요.

- 오늘은 23일입니다. (formal)

[explanations]

* 오늘 : today

* -은 : a suffix makes 오늘 subjective after a word ends a consonant

* 이십삼 : 23rd

* 일 : day

* 이다 : be

* a noun + -이네 / -이야 : a descriptive form of 이다

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

3. 생일이 언제예요? : When is your birthday? / When were you born? / What date were you born? / What year were you born?

* 몇 년생이에요? : What year were you born?

[other expressions]

- 생일이 언제니? (to younger people or friends)

- 생일이 언제냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 생일이 언제야? (to younger people or friends)

- 생일이 언제인가? (to younger people or friends)

- 생일이 언제인지? (to younger people or friends)

- 생일이 언제이지? (to younger people or friends)

- 생일이 언제지? (to younger people or friends)

- 생일이 언제요?

- 생일이 언제인가요?

- 생일이 언제인지요?

- 생일이 언제이지요?

- 생일이 언제지요?

- 생일이 언제예요?

- 생일이 언제입니까? (formal)

- 몇 년생이니? (to younger people or friends)

- 몇 년생이냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 몇 년생이야? (to younger people or friends)

- 몇 년생인가? (to younger people or friends)

- 몇 년생인지? (to younger people or friends)

- 몇 년생이지? (to younger people or friends)

- 몇 년생이요?

- 몇 년생인가요?

- 몇 년생인지요?

- 몇 년생이지요?

- 몇 년생이에요?

- 몇 년생입니까? (formal)

[explanations]

* 생일 : birthday

* -이 : a suffix makes 생일 the topic of the sentence after a word ends a consonant

* 언제 : when

* 이다 : be

* 몇 : what

* 년 : year

* 생 : birth

* 몇 년생 : when year were you born?

* 이다 : be

* a noun + -이니? / -이냐? / -이야? / -인가? / -인지? / -이지? / -지? : a questioning form of 이다

* a noun + -요? / -이요? / -이지요? / -이죠? / -인가요? / -인지요? / -이지요? / -지요? / -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

4. 방학이 언제예요? : When is your vacation? / When do you start your vacation?

[other expressions]

- 방학이 언제니? (to younger people or friends)

- 방학이 언제냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 방학이 언제야? (to younger people or friends)

- 방학이 언제인가? (to younger people or friends)

- 방학이 언제인지? (to younger people or friends)

- 방학이 언제지? (to younger people or friends)

- 방학이 언제요?

- 방학이 언제인가요?

- 방학이 언제인지요?

- 방학이 언제지요?

- 방학이 언제죠? (a short form of 얹제지요)

- 방학이 언제예요?

- 방학이 언제입니까? (formal)

[explantions]

* 방학 : vacation

* -이 : a suffix makes 방학 the topic of the sentence after a word ends a consonant

* 언제 : when

* 이다

* a noun + -니? / -냐? / -야? / -인가? / -인지? / -지? : a questioning form of 이다

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

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

5. 방학은 12일부터입니다 : The vacatio starts on the 12th

[other expressions]

- 방학은 12일부터이다. (to younger people or friends)

- 방학은 12일부터이네. (to younger people or friends)

- 방학은 12일부터야. (to younger people or friends)

- 방학은 12일부터이네요.

- 방학은 12일부터예요.

- 방학은 12일부터입니다. (formal)

[explantions]

* 방학 : vacation

* -은 : a suffix makes 방학 subjective after a word ends a consonant

* 십이 : 12

* 일 : day

* 부터 : from

* 이다 : be

* a noun + -이네 / -이야 : a descriprtive form of 이다

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

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