가방을 골랐습니다 : I chose a bag
[other expressions]
- (나) 가방(을) 골랐다. (to younger people or friends)
- (나) 가방(을) 골랐네. (to younger people or friends)
- (나) 가방(을) 골랐어. (to younger people or friends)
- (저) 가방(을) 골랐어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- (저) 가방(을) 골랐습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)
[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific to younger people or friends)
* 저 : I (honourific to the elderly)
* 가방 : bag
* -을 : a particle makes 가방 objective after a word ends in a consonant; this can be omitted
* 고르다 : (1) [=평평하게 하다] make (a thing) even; level (it) off; flatten; roll; bulldoze (2) [=공평하게 하다] be even; be uniform; be equal; be regular; fbe air (3) [ㄹ irregular verb] choose; select; pick out; single out
* 골랐다 : past tense of 고르다 by ‘-았-‘
* 골랐습니다 : 골랐(the stem of 골랐다) + -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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