Let’s learn about "오랜만”

오랜만이야 : It’s been a while / Long time no see

[other expressions]

- 오랜만이다. (to younger people or friends)

- 오랜만이네. (to younger people or friends)

- 오랜만이야. (to younger people or friends)

- 오랜만이군! (to younger people or friends)

- 오랜만이구나! (to younger people or friends)

- 오랜만이네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 오랜만이에요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 오랜만이군요! (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 오랜만입니다. (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

[explanations]

* 오랜 : long time

* 오랜만 : a short form of 오래간만(long time no see)

* 이다 : be

* 간만 : (1) [=밀물과 썰물•만조•간조와 만조] ebb and flow of the tide (2) meet or see again in the sentence

- 간만의 차 : (1) the range of tide (2) the difference between the rise and fall of the tide

* 오랜만입니다 : 오랜만 + 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -야 / -네 / - 다 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -군! / -구나! : a non-honourific exclamatory verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -군! + -요 : honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -에요 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix