Let’s learn about "어디에 살아요?"

어디 살아? : Where fo you live?

[other expressions]

- 어디 사니? (to younger people or friends)

- 어디 사냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 어디 살아? (to younger people or friends)

- 어디 사는가? (to younger people or friends)

- 어디 살아요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 어디 사는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 어디 삽니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

- 어디 사십니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘-시’)

[explanations]

* 어디 : where

* -에 : a place suffix means "at/in/on"

* 살다 : [irregular verb] live

* 사는 : a present tense of 살다

* 사는가? : 살(the stem of 살다; ㄹ erased before 는) + -는가?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 사는가요? : 살(the stem of 살다; ㄹ erased before 는) + -는가?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 삽니까? : 살(the stem of 살다; ㄹ erased before ㅂ) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* 사십니까? : 살(the stem of 살다; ㄹ erased before 십) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -니? / -냐? / -아? / -는가? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb + -아 / -는가? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix by ‘-요’

* a verb + -십니까?  / -ㅂ니까 : an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ’