2022-03-21

Let’s learn about "별 일”

별 일 아니에요 : It’s no big deal

[other expressions]
- 별 일 아니다. (to younger people or friends)
- 별 일 아니네. (to younger people or friends)
- 별 일 아니야. (to younger people or friends)
- 별 일 아니네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 별 일 아닙니다. (formal; honourific by ‘ㅂ’)

[explanations]
* 별 : (1) a star; the stars (2) [=특별한] special
* -별 : classified by
- 학급별 : by class; each class
- 등급별 : by rank

* 일 : (1) work; employment; a task; a job; an occupation; business; duties; mission (2) a matter; a thing; an affair; a fact; a proposition; a job; something; what; that (3) circumstance; things; matters (4) [=사건] an incident; an occurrence; an event; an accident; [=문제] trouble (5) [=경험] experience (6) [=계획] a plan; a business; an errand; a scheme; a project; a program; an undertaking (7) [=하나•한 개] one (8) [=하루] a day

* -이 : a particle makes 일(a matter) subjective after a word ends in a consonant; this omitted

* 아니다 : be not

* a verb ends in a vowel + -야(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
ex) 아니야
* a verb ends in a consonant + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
ex) 했어

* 아닙니다 : 아니(the stem of 아니다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -야 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -에요 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-요-‘ / ‘-ㅂ’

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