Let’s learn about "사교활동•연애"(Social activities / Dating) #7

1. 나이가 무슨 상관이에요? : Age is just a number / Age does not matter! / Age means nothing.

[other expressions]

- 나이가 무슨 상관이니? (to younger people or friends)

- 나이가 무슨 상관이냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 나이가 무슨 상관인가? (to younger people or friends)

- 나이가 무슨 상관이여? (to younger people or friends)

- 나이가 무슨 상관이야? (to younger people or friends)

- 나이가 무슨 상관인가요? (to younger people or friends)

- 나이가 무슨 상관입니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[explanations]

* 나이 : age

* -가 : a particle makes 나이 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 무슨 : what

* 상관 : (1) a higher officer; a superior [senior] official; a chief  (2) concern; relation; participation; correlation; interrelation; interference; relations; connection

* 이다 : be

* 입니까? : 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -니? / -냐? / -야? / -여? / -ㄴ가? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb + -ㄴ가? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix 

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

2. 마음으론 아직 열일곱 살인걸 : In my mind, I’m still 17.

[other expressions]

- 마음으론 아직 열일곱 살이다. (to younger people or friends)

- 마음으론 아직 열일곱 살이네. (to younger people or friends)

- 마음으론 아직 열일곱 살이야. (to younger people or friends)

- 마음으론 아직 열일곱 살인걸. (to younger people or friends)

- 마음으론 아직 열일곱 살이네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 마음으론 아직 열일곱 살인걸요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 마음으론 아직 열일곱 살입니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[explanations]

* 맘 : a short form of 마음

* 마음 : heart; mind

* -으론 : a short form of 으로는

* -으로 : as; with

* 마음으로 / 맘으로 : with one’s heart

* -는 : a suffix emphasizes “마음으로”

* 아직 : yet

* 열입곱 : 17 <— 열(10) + 일곱(7)

* 살 : (1) s skin (2) a unit counts ages

* -이다 : be

* 인걸 : 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㄴ걸

* -ㄴ걸 : a short form of -ㄴ 것을

* -ㄴ : a suffix makes a verb attributive before 것

* 것 : a thing

* -을 : a particle makes 것 objective after a word ends in a consonant

* -ㄴ걸 : a descriptive verb ending suffix that newly admires an already existing fact or indicates that a result is beyond one's thoughts

* 입니다 : 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

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

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

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

3. 배우는 데 나이가 있나요 : You’re never too old to learn.

 [other expressions]

- 배우는 데 나이가 있니. (to younger people or friends)

- 배우는 데 나이가 있나. (to younger people or friends)

- 배우는 데 나이가 있냐. (to younger people or friends)

- 배우는 데 나이가 있어. (to younger people or friends)

- 배우는 데 나이가 있나요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 배우는 데 나이가 있어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 배우는 데 나이가 있습니까. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[expressions]

* 배우다 : learn

* 배우는 : 배우(the stem of 배우다) + -는(a suffix makes a verb present tense and attributive before a noun)

* 데 : [=곳] a place; a point; a spot; a feature; an aspect; a passage; a part; case; a circumstance

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

* 나이 : age

* -가 : a particle makes 나이 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* (-가) 있다 : be; exist; there is; there are

* 있습니까 : 있(the stem of 있다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix has a nuance of asking back)

*** the followings are special usages of interrogative suffix ***

* a verb + -니 / -나 / -냐 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix has a nuance of asking back

* a verb + -나 / -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -습니까 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix has a nuance of asking back

4. 사랑이랑 나이랑 무슨 상관이죠? : What’s age got to do with love?

[other expressions]

- 사랑이랑 나이가 무슨 상관이니? (to younger people or friends)

- 사랑이랑 나이가 무슨 상관이냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 사랑이랑 나이가 무슨 상관인가? (to younger people or friends)

- 사랑이랑 나이가 무슨 상관이여? (to younger people or friends)

- 사랑이랑 나이가 무슨 상관이야? (to younger people or friends)

- 사랑이랑 나이가 무슨 상관인가요? (to younger people or friends)

- 사랑이랑 나이가 무슨 상관입니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

- 사랑과 나이가 무슨 상관이니? (to younger people or friends)

- 사랑과 나이가 무슨 상관이냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 사랑과 나이가 무슨 상관인가? (to younger people or friends)

- 사랑과 나이가 무슨 상관이여? (to younger people or friends)

- 사랑과 나이가 무슨 상관이야? (to younger people or friends)

- 사랑과 나이가 무슨 상관인가요? (to younger people or friends)

- 사랑과 나이가 무슨 상관입니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[explanations]

* 사랑 : love

* -랑 / -이랑 / -과 / -와 : and (-랑 / -과  : used after a word ends in a vowel; -이랑 / -와 : used after a word ends in a cosonant)

* 나이 : age

* -가 : a particle makes 나이 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 무슨 : what

* 상관 : (1) a higher officer; a superior [senior] official; a chief  (2) concern; relation; participation; correlation; interrelation; interference; relations; connection

* 이다 : be

* 입니까? : 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -니? / -냐? / -야? / -여? / -ㄴ가? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb + -ㄴ가? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix 

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

5. 그거랑 나이랑 무슨 상관이죠? : What’s age got to do with that?

[other expressions]

- 그거랑 나이가 무슨 상관이니? (to younger people or friends)

- 그거랑 나이가 무슨 상관이냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 그거랑 나이가 무슨 상관인가? (to younger people or friends)

- 그거랑 나이가 무슨 상관이여? (to younger people or friends)

- 그거랑 나이가 무슨 상관이야? (to younger people or friends)

- 그거랑 나이가 무슨 상관인가요? (to younger people or friends)

- 그거랑 나이가 무슨 상관입니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

- 그것과 나이가 무슨 상관이니? (to younger people or friends)

- 그것과 나이가 무슨 상관이냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 그것과 나이가 무슨 상관인가? (to younger people or friends)

- 그것과 나이가 무슨 상관이여? (to younger people or friends)

- 그것과 나이가 무슨 상관이야? (to younger people or friends)

- 그것과 나이가 무슨 상관인가요? (to younger people or friends)

- 그것과 나이가 무슨 상관입니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[explanations]

* 그거 : a short form of 그것

* -랑 / -이랑 / -과 / -와 : and (-랑 / -과  : used after a word ends in a vowel; -이랑 / -와 : used after a word ends in a cosonant)

* 그거랑 = 그것이랑 = 그거와 = 그것과 

* 나이 : age

* -가 : a particle makes 나이 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 무슨 : what

* 상관 : (1) a higher officer; a superior [senior] official; a chief  (2) concern; relation; participation; correlation; interrelation; interference; relations; connection

* 이다 : be

* 입니까? : 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -니? / -냐? / -야? / -여? / -ㄴ가? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb + -ㄴ가? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix 

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