Let’s learn about "작고 귀여워"

1. 새로 온 룸메이트는 누구야? 어떤 사람이야? : Who’s your new roommate? What’s she like?

[other expressions]

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누구니? (to younger people or friends)

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누구냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누구야? (to younger people or friends)

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누군가? (to younger people or friends)

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누군데? (to younger people or friends)

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누구지? (to younger people or friends)

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누군지? (to younger people or friends)

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누구지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누군지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누구죠? (honourific by ‘-요’; -죠? is a short form of -지요?)

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누군가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누군데요? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

- 새로 온 룸메이트는 누구입니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

- 어떤 사람이니? (to younger people or friends)

- 어떤 사람이냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 어떤 사람이야? (to younger people or friends)

- 어떤 사람인가? (to younger people or friends)

- 어떤 사람이지? (to younger people or friends)

- 어떤 사람인지? (to younger people or friends)

- 어떤 사람인데? (to younger people or friends)

- 어떤 분이지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 어떤 분인지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 어떤 분이죠? (honourific by ‘-요’; -죠? is a short form of -지요?)

- 어떤 분인가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 어떤 분인데요? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

- 어떤 분입니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

[explanations]

* 새로 : new

* 오다 : come

* 온 : 오(the stem of 오다) + -ㄴ(a suffix makes a verb past tense/present perfect and attributive)

* 룸메이트 : room mate

* -는 : a particle makes 룸메이트 subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 누구 : who; whom

* 어떤 : some

* 사람 : human being (non-honourific word)

* 분 : human being (honourific word)

* 누군가? = 누구인가?

* 누군데? = 누구인데?

* 누군지? = 누구인지?

* 누군지요? = 누구인지요?

* 누구죠? = 누구지요?

* 누군가요? = 누구인가요?

* 누군데요? = 누구인데요?

* a verb + -니? / -이니? / -냐? / -이냐? / -ㄴ가? / -인가? / -지? / -ㄴ지? / -인지? / -야? / -이야? / -ㄴ데? / -인데?: a non-honourific interrogative form of 이다

* a verb + -ㄴ가? / -인가? / -ㄴ데? / -인데? / -지? / -ㄴ지? / -인지? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -입니까? : an honourific interrgative form of 이다 by ‘-ㅂ’

2. 리사라고 해. 정말 작고 귀여워! : Her name is Lisa. She’s so tiny and cute!

[other expressions]

- (쟤는) 리사라고 한다. (to younger people or friends)

- (쟤는) 리사라고 하네. (to younger people or friends)

- (쟤는) 리사라고 해. (to younger people or friends)

- (쟤는) 리사라고 해요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- (쟤는) 리사라고 합니다. (formal; honourific by ‘ㅂ’)

- (쟤는) 리사라고 부른다. (to younger people or friends)

- (쟤는) 리사라고 부르네. (to younger people or friends)

- (쟤는) 리사라고 불러. (to younger people or friends)

- (쟤는) 리사라고 불러요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- (쟤는) 리사라고 부릅니다. (formal; honourific by ‘ㅂ’)

- 정말 작고 귀엽다. (to younger people or friends)

- 정말 작고 귀여워. (to younger people or friends)

- 정말 작고 귀엽군! (to younger people or friends)

- 정말 작고 귀엽구나! (to younger people or friends)

- 정말 작고 귀여워요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 정말 작고 귀엽군요! (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 정말 작고 귀엽습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[explanations]

* 쟤 : the boy; the girl; the man; the woman (He or She is younger than us)

* -는 : a particle makes 쟤 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 리사 : Lisa

* -라고 : quote

* 하다 : (1) do (2) be called in the sentence

* 해 : 하(the stem of 하다) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 합니다 : 하(the stem of 하다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* 부르다 : (1) call (a person); [=불러내다] call out to (a person); hail; [=소환하다] summon (2) [=이름을 부여하다] call; name; style; brand (3) [=내기를 걸다] bid; [=제안하다] offer (4) [=노래하다] sing (5)[=배가 부르다]  (the stomach) (be) full; have eaten one's fill (6) [=임신하다] (be) pregnant (7)[=부풀어 오르다] (be) bulgy; swollen

* 부른다 : present tense of 부르다 by ‘-ㄴ’

* 불러 : 부르(the stem of 부르다; 으 erased before 어; 부ㄹ contracted 불) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 부릅니다 : 부르(the stem of 부르다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* 귀여워 : 귀여운(an adjective form of 귀엽다; ㄴ erased before 어) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix) 

* 귀엽습니다 : 귀엽(the stem of 귀엽다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

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

* a verb + -군! / -구나! : a non-honourific exclamatory verb ending suffix

* a verb + -어 / -네 / -군! + -요 : honourific verb ending suffix

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