2022-02-25

Let’s learn about "마지막 희망”

이게 내 마지막 희망이었는데... : This was my last hope


[other expressions]

- 이게 내 마지막 희망이었다. (to younger people or friends)

- 이게 내 마지막 희망이었네. (to younger people or friends)

- 이게 내 마지막 희망이었어. (to younger people or friends)

- 이게 내 마지막 희망이었는데. (to younger people or friends)

- 이게 내 마지막 희망이었네요. (honourific by ‘요’)

- 이게 내 마지막 희망이었어요. (honourific by ‘요’)

- 이게 내 마지막 희망이었습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)


[explanations]

* 이게 : a short form of 이것이(this thing is ~)

* 이 : this

* 것 : a thing

* -이 : a particle makes 이것 subjective after a word ends in consonant


* 내 = 나의 : my (non-honourific word)

* 제 = 저의 : my (honourific word)


* 마지막 : last


* 희망 : [Pronunciation: 히망] hope; wish; desire; aspiration; ambition; prospect; anticipation


* 이다 : be

* 이었다 : past tense of 이다 by ‘-었-‘


* 이었습니다 : 이(the stem of 이다) + -었(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)


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

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

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

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