2022-02-11

Let’s learn about "물 쏟았어”

물 쏟았어 : I spilled water


[other expressions]

- (나) 물 쏟았다. (to younger people or friends)

- (나) 물 쏟았어. (to younger people or friends)

- (저) 물 쏟았어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- (저) 물 쏟았습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)


[explanations]

* 나 : I (non-honourific to younger people or friends)

* 저 : I (honourific to the elderly)


* 물 : water

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


* 쏟다 : pour; spill

* 쏟았다 : past tense of 쏟다 by ‘-았-‘


* 쏟았습니다 : 쏟았(the stem of 쏟았다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다


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

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

* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘스’ / -ㅂ’

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