1. 전혀 힘들지 않았어요 : It was no trouble at all
[other expressions]
- 전혀 힘들지 않았다. (to younger people or friends)
- 전혀 힘들지 않았네. (to younger people or friends)
- 전혀 힘들지 않았어. (to younger people or friends)
- 전혀 힘들지 않았어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 전혀 힘들지 않았습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘-스’)
[explanations]
* 전혀 : never, no at all; not at all
* 힘든 : hard; rigid; stiff; difficult; painstaking, careful; scrupulous; meticulous; diligent; conscientious; troublesome
* 힘들다 : [adjective] be hard; be troublesome
* 힘들지 : 힘들(the stem of 힘들다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance)
* 않다 : [Pronunciation: 안타] be not
* 전혀 ... 않다 : be no ... at all; be never
* 않습니다 : 않(the stem of 않다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)
* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-스’
2. 잘 오셨어요 : I’m so glad you’re here / I’m so glad that you could make it / It’s pleasure to have you with us / I really appreciate your coming over
[other expressions]
- 잘 왔다. (to younger people or friends)
- 잘 왔네. (to younger people or friends)
- 잘 왔어. (to younger people or friends)
- 잘 왔네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 잘 왔어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 잘 오셨네요. (more honourific by ‘스’)
- 잘 오셨어요. (more honourific by ‘스’)
- 잘 오셨습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)
[explanations]
* 잘 : well; satisfactorily; favorably
* 오다 : come (here)
* 왔다 : present perfect form of 오다; 오(the stem of 오다) + -았(a suffix makes a verb present perfect) + -다(a non-honourific descriptive basic verb ending suffix)
* 오셨네요 : 오(the stem of 오다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb present perfect) + -네(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 오셨어요 : 오(the stem of 오다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb present perfect) + -어(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 오셨습니다 : 오(the stem of 오다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb present perfect) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(a honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + 네 / -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-스’
3. 저도 오게 돼서 기뻐요. 고맙습니다 : I’m glad to be here. Thank you
[other expressions]
- 나도 오게 돼서 기쁘다. (to younger people or friends)
- 나도 오게 돼서 기쁘네. (to younger people or friends)
- 나도 오게 돼서 기뻐. (to younger people or friends)
- 저도 오게 돼서 기쁘네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저도 오게 돼서 기뻐요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저도 오게 돼서 기쁩니다. (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)
- 고맙다. (to the younger or friends)
- 고맙네. (to the younger or friends)
- 고마워. (to the younger or friends)
- 고맙군. (to the younger or friends)
- 고맙구나. (to the younger or friends)
- 고맙네요. (to the younger or friends; honourific by ‘-요’)
- 고맙군요. (to the younger or friends; honourific by ‘-요’)
- 고마워요. (to anybody; honourific by ‘-요’)
- 고맙습니다. (formal; to anybody; more honourific by ‘-스’)
[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific to younger people or friends)
* 저 : I (honourific to elderly)
* -도 : also; too; this makes a pronoun subjective
* 오다 : come
* 오게 : 오(the stem of 오다) + -게(so that one can)
* -게 : (1) [-도록] (in a way) so that...; so that it is or does; so that one can; in a manner such that...; -ly (2) into being [doing]; becoming [making] so that...; causing [making, getting, letting] (it) to happen; turn-ing out [getting to be, coming to pass, happening] so that...; getting to; being arranged so that... (3) then wont (it) turn out that...?! (4) do !
* 되다 : become; be; get
* 돼서 : 되(the stem of 되다) + -어서/어(because of)
* 기쁜 : glad
* 기쁘다 : be glad
* 기뻐 : 기쁘(the stem of 기쁘다; ‘으’ erased before ‘-어’) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
* 기쁩니다 : 기쁘(the stem of 기쁘다) + -ㅂ니다(a honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + 네 / -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’
* 고맙다 : thanks
* 고마운 : thank
* 고마워 : 고마(the stem of 고마운) + -워(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
* 고맙습니다 : 고맙(the stem of 고맙다) + -스(a suffix makes a verv more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)
* a verb + -다 / -네 / -워 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -군 / -구나 : an exclamation verb ending suffix
* a verb + -요 / -워 / -군 + 요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-스’
4. 집은 잘 찾으셨어요? / 집 찾는데 힘들지 않으셨어요? : Did you have any trouble finding my place? / Did you have any trouble getting here? / Did you have a hard time getting here? / How were the directions? Did you have any trouble getting here?
[other expressions]
- 집은 잘 찾았니? (to the younger or friends)
- 집은 잘 찾았나? (to the younger or friends)
- 집은 잘 찾았냐? (to the younger or friends)
- 집은 잘 찾았는가? (to the younger or friends)
- 집은 잘 찾았는지? (to the younger or friends)
- 집은 잘 찾았나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 집은 잘 찾았는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 집은 잘 찾았는지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 집은 잘 찾았는죠? (honourific by ‘-요’; -죠 is a short form of -지요)
- 집은 잘 찾았습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘-스’)
- 집은 잘 찾으셨나요? (more honourific by ‘-스’)
- 집은 잘 찾으셨어요? (more honourific by ‘-스’)
- 집은 잘 찾으셨습니까? (more honourific by ‘-스’)
- 집(을) 찾는데 힘들지 않았니? (to the younger or friends)
- 집(을) 찾는데 힘들지 않았나? (to the younger or friends)
- 집(을) 찾는데 힘들지 않았냐? (to the younger or friends)
- 집(을) 찾는데 힘들지 않았는가? (to the younger or friends)
- 집(을) 찾는데 힘들지 않았는지? (to the younger or friends)
- 집(을) 찾는데 힘들지 않았나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 집(을) 찾는데 힘들지 않았는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 집(을) 찾는데 힘들지 않았는지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 집(을) 찾는데 힘들지 않았는죠? (honourific by ‘-요’; -죠 is a short form of -지요)
- 집(을) 찾으시는데 힘들지 않았습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘-스’)
- 집(을) 찾으시는데 힘들지 않으셨나요? (more honourific by ‘-스’)
- 집(을) 찾으시는데 힘들지 않으셨어요? (more honourific by ‘-스’)
- 집(을) 찾으시는데 힘들지 않으셨습니까? (more honourific by ‘-스’)
[explanations]
* 집 : house; home
* -은 : a suffix makes 집 the topic of the sentence; this cane be replaced by -을(a suffix makes 집 objective after a word ends in a consonant)
* 잘 : well; easily
* 찾다 : find
* 찼았다 : past tense of 찾다 by ‘-았-‘
* 찾았습니까? : 찾았(the stem of 찼았다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 찼으셨나요? : 찾(the stem of 찾다) + -으시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -나(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 찼으셨어요? : 찾(the stem of 찾다) + -으시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -어(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 찼으셨습니까? : 찾(the stem of 찾다) + -으시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 집 : house; home
* -을 : a suffix makes 집 objective after a word ends in a consonant; this can be omiited
* 찾다 : find
* 찾는데 : 찾(the stem of 찾다) + -는데(in doing; for doing; by doing)
* 찾으시는데 : : 찾(the stem of 찾다) + -으시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -는데(in doing; for doing; by doing)
* 힘든 : hard; rigid; stiff; difficult; painstaking, careful; scrupulous; meticulous; diligent; conscientious; troublesome
* 힘들다 : [adjective] be hard; be troublesome
* 힘들지 : 힘들(the stem of 힘들다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance)
* 않다 : [Pronunciation: 안타] be not
* 전혀 ... 않다 : be no ... at all; be never
* 않았다 : past tense of 않다 by ‘-았-‘
* 않았습니까? : 않았(the stem of 않았다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 않으셨나요? : 않(the stem of 않다) + -으시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -나(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 않으셨어요? : 않(the stem of 않다) + -으시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -어(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 않으셨습니까? : 않(the stem of 않다) + -으시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -어? / -는가? / -는지? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix
* a verb + -나? / -어? / -는가? / -는지? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -습니까? : an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix
5. 몇 번 길을 잘못 들긴 했지만, 어쨎든 찾아왔네요 : Well, I made a few wrong turns, but I’m here
[other expressions]
- 몇 번 길을 잘못 들긴 했지만, 어쨎든 찾아왔다. (to the younger or friends)
- 몇 번 길을 잘못 들긴 했지만, 어쨎든 찾아왔네. (to the younger or friends)
- 몇 번 길을 잘못 들긴 했지만, 어쨎든 찾아왔어. (to the younger or friends)
- 몇 번 길을 잘못 들긴 했지만, 어쨎든 찾아왔네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 몇 번 길을 잘못 들긴 했지만, 어쨎든 찾아왔어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 몇 번 길을 잘못 들긴 했지만, 어쨎든 찾아왔습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘-스’)
[explanations]
* 몇 : (1) some, several, a few (2) how many; how much
* 번 : a unit counts numbers; times
* 몇 번 : a few times
* 길 : a road; a way
* -을 : a suffix makes 길 objective after a word ends in a consonant
* 잘못 : (1) wrong (2) mistake, fault, error
* 들다 : enter into
* 들긴 : 들(the stem of 들다) + -기(a suffix makes a verb a noun) + -ㄴ(a suffix makes 들기 past tense and attributive)
* 하다 : do
* 했다 : past tense of 하다 by ‘-었’
* 했지만 : 했(the stem of 했다) + -지만(but)
* -ㄴ 했지만 : even though; ..., but
* 어쨋든 : anyway
* 찾다 : find
* 찾아 : 찾(the stem of 찾다) + -아(a connection suffix between two verbs)
* 오다 : come
* 왔다 : past tense or present perfect of 오다 by ‘-았’
* 찾아오다 : (1) visit, look sb up, (informal) drop by[around], (informal) drop in (on)
* 왔습니다 : 왔(the stem of 왔다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)
* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-스’
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