1. 나보다 더 커 보이는데, 키가 몇이에요? : You look like you are taller than I am, How tall are you in inches? / What’s your height? / How tall are you in centimeters? / Are you taller than 170 centimeters?
[other expressions]
- 나보다 더 커 보이는데 (to younger people or friends)
- 저보더 더 커 보이시는데 (honourific by ‘저’ / ‘-시-‘)
- 키가 몇이니? (to younger people or friends)
- 키가 몇이냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 키가 몇이야? (to younger people or friends)
- 키가 몇인가? (to younger people or friends)
- 키가 몇인가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 키가 몇이에요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 키가 몇입니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)
[explanations]
* 나 : I; me (non-honourific word)
* 저 : I; me (honourific word)
* -보다 : than
* 더 : more
* 큰 : big; large; great; grand; spacious; extensive; broad; vast; bulky; massive; voluminous; broad- minded; loud; large
* 크다 : (1) a verb for of 큰 (2) grow big; grow (up); be brought up; be bred
* 커 : 크(the stem of 크다; 크 changed into 커 before 어) + -어(a connection suffix between two verbs)
* 보다 : see; look; watch
* 보이다 : passive form of 보다 by ‘-이-‘
* 보이는데 : 보이(the stem of 보이다) + -는데
* 보이시는데 : 보이(the stem of 보이다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -는데
* -는데/ㄴ데 : (1) then (2) in spite of
* 키 : height
* -가 : a particle makes 키 subjective after a word ends in a vowel
* 몇 : how many; how much
* -이다 : be
* 몇인가? : 몇 + -이(the stem of 이다) + -ㄴ가?
* 몇입니까? : 몇 + -이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니까?
* a noun + -이니? / -이냐? / -이야? / -인가? : a non-honourific interrogative form of 이다
* a noun + -인가? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a noun + -이에요? / -입니까? : an honourific interrogative form of 이다 by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ’
2. 183센티미터야 : I’m 183 centimeters tall
[other expressions]
- 183센티미터다. (to younger people or friends)
- 183센티미터네. (to younger people or friends)
- 183센티미터야. (to younger people or friends)
- 183센티미터네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 183센티미터예요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 183센티미터입니다. (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)
[explanations]
* 183 : [Pronunciation: 백팔십삼]
* 센티미터 / 센치미터 : centimeters
* -이다 : be
* -다 = -이다
* -네 = -이네
* -야 = -이야
* -네요 = -이네요
* -예요 = -이에요
* 입니다 : 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니다.
* a noun + -다 / -네 / -야 / -이다 / -이네 / -이야 : a non-honourific descriptive form of 이다
* a noun + -네 / -이네 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a noun + -예요 / 이에요 / -입니다 : an honourific descriptive form of 이다 by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ’
3. 그 사람 키가 크네요 : He’s rather tall / He’s tall fellow / He’s gangling fellow / He’s lanky fellow / He’s tall for his age
[other expressions]
- 그 사람 키가 크다. (to younger people or friends)
- 그 사람 키가 크네. (to younger people or friends)
- 그 사람 키가 커. (to younger people or friends)
- 그 사람 키가 크군! (to younger people or friends)
- 그 사람 키가 크구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 그 분 키가 크네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 그 분 키가 크군요! (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 그 분 키가 커요! (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 그 분 키가 큽니다. (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)
[explanations]
* 그 : that
* 사람 : human being (non-honourific to he or she)
* 분 : human being (honourific to he or she)
* 그 사람 : He or She (non-honourific to he or she)
* 그 분 : He or She (honourific to he or she)
* -의 : a particle makes 그 사람 / 그 분 possesive
* 키 : height
* -가 : a particle makes 키 subjective after a word ends in a vowel
* 큰 : tall; bulky
* 크다 : be tall; be bulky
* 작은 : small
* 작다 : be small
* 커 : 크(the stem of 크다; 크 + -어 contracted into -커) + -어
* 큽니다 : 크(the stem of 크다) + -ㅂ니다
* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -군! / -구나! : a non-honourific exclamatory verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 / -어 / -군! + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ’
4. 그 여자분 체구가 작아요 : She’s so tiny / She’s a tiny lady / She’s petite / She’s really small
[other expressions]
- 그 여자분 체구가 작다. (to younger people or friends)
- 그 여자분 체구가 작네. (to younger people or friends)
- 그 여자분 체구가 작아. (to younger people or friends)
- 그 여자분 체구가 작군! (to younger people or friends)
- 그 여자분 체구가 작구나!
- 그 여자분 체구가 작네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 그 여자분 체구가 작아요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 그 여자분 체구가 작군요! (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 그 여자분 체구가 작습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)
[explanations]
* 그 : that
* 여자 : woman
* 남자 : man
* -분 : human being (honourific to he or she)
* 그 여자분 : She (honourific to she)
* 그 남자분 : He (honourific to he)
* -의 : a particle makes 그 여자분 / 그 남자분 possesive
* 체구 : body
* -가 : a particle makes 체구 subjective after a word ends in a vowel
* 큰 : tall; bulky
* 크다 : be tall; be bulky
* 작은 : small
* 작다 : be small
* 작습니다 : 작(the stem of 작다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다
* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -군! / -구나! : a non-honourific exclamatory verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 / -어 / -군! + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-요’ / ‘-스’
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