Let’s learn about "언제 와?”

언제 와? : When are you coming?

[other expressions]

- 언제 오니? (to younger people or friends)

- 언제 오나? (to younger people or friends)

- 언제 오냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 언제 와? (to younger people or friends)

- 언제 오는데? (to younger people or friends)

- 언제 오는가? (to younger people or friends)

- 언제 오나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 언제 와요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 언제 오는데요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 언제 오는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 언제 옵니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

- 언제 오시나요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 언제 오시는데요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 언제 오시는가요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 언제 오세요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 언제 오시지요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 언제 오시죠? (more honourific by ‘-시’; -죠? is a short form of -시죠?)

- 언제 오십니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘-스’)

[explanations]

* 언제 : when

* 오다 : come

* 와 : 오(the stem of 오다; 오 + 아 contracted into 와) + -아?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

*옵니까? : 오(the stem of 오다) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

*오시나요? : 오(the stem of 오다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -나?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 오시는데요? : 오(the stem of 오다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -는데?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 오시는가요? : 오(the stem of 오다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -는가?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 오세요? : 오(the stem of 오다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 오시지요? = 오시죠? : 오(the stem of 오다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -지?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 오십니까? : 오(the stem of 오다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -아? / -는데? / -는가? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb + -나? / -아? / -는데? / -는가? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -세요? / -시지요? / -시죠? / + -십니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘스-‘ / ‘-ㅂ’