Let’s learn about "토실토실”

1. 우리 아기 좀 봐! 예쁘지 않니? : Look at my baby! Isn’t she adorable?

[other expressions]

- 우리 아기 좀 봐! (to younger people or friends)

- 우리 아기 좀 봐라! (to younger people or friends)

- 우리 아기 좀 볼래! (to younger people or friends)

- 저희 아기 좀 봐요! (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 저희 아기 좀 볼래요! (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 저희 아기 좀 보실래요! (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 저희 아기 좀 보세요! (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 저희 아기 좀 보셔요! (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 저희 아기 좀 보십시오! (formal; more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 예쁘지 않니? (to younger people or friends)

- 예쁘지 않나? (to younger people or friends)

- 예쁘지 않냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 예쁘지 않아? (to younger people or friends)

- 예쁘지 않는가? (to younger people or friends)

- 예쁘지 않나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 예쁘지 않아요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 예쁘지 않는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 예쁘지 않습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘-시’)

[explanations]

* 우리 : [non-honourific word] (1) we; I (2) our; my

* 저희 : [honourific word] (1) we; I (2) our; my

* 아기 : baby

* 좀 : (1) a little (2) please in the sentence

* 보다 : see; look; watch

* 봐 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -아(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "please ~")

* 봐라 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -아라(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "please ~")

* 볼래 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -래(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "please ~")

* 보실래요 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -래(a propositive verb ending suffix means "please ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 보세요 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어(a propositive verb ending suffix means "please ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 보십시오 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ시오(an  honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "please ~")

* a verb + -아 / -아라 / -ㄹ래 : a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "please ~"

* a verb + -ㄹ래 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -실래요 / -세요 / -셔요 / -십시오 : an  honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "please ~"

* 예쁜 : beautiful; pretty

* 예쁘다 : be beautiful; be pretty

* 예쁘게 : an adverb form of 예쁜

* 예쁘지 : 예쁘(the stem of 예쁘다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance)

* 않다 : be not (this is used as “-지 않다”)

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

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

* a verb + -세요? / -셔요? / -십니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by ‘-시-‘ / ‘-요’

2. 예쁘다! 토실토실하네! 몇 살이야? : She sure is! She’s so chubby! How old is she?

[other expressions]

- 예쁘다. (to younger people or friends)

- 예쁘네. (to younger people or friends)

- 예쁜데. (to younger people or friends)

- 예뻐. (to younger people or friends)

- 예쁘군! (to younger people or friends)

- 예쁘구나! (to younger people or friends)

- 예쁘네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 예뻐요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 예쁩니다. (formal; honourific by ‘ㅂ’)

- 토실토실하네! (to younger people or friends)

- 토실토실하군! (to younger people or friends)

- 토실토실하구나! (to younger people or friends)

- 토실토실하네요! (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 토실토실하군요! (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 몇 살이니? (to younger people or friends)

- 몇 살이냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 몇 살인가? (to younger people or friends)

- 몇 살이야? (to younger people or friends)

- 몇 살이지? (to younger people or friends)

- 몇 살인가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 몇 살이지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 몇 살이죠? (honourific by ‘-요’; -이죠? is a short form of -이지요?)

- 몇 살입니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

[explanations]

* 예쁜 : beautiful; pretty

* 예쁘다 : be beautiful; be pretty

* 예뻐 : 예쁘(the stem of 예쁘다; 으 erased before 어) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 예쁩니다 : 예쁘(the stem of 예쁘다) + -ㅂ니다(an  honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

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

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

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

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

* 토실토실 / 토실토실한 : plump

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

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

* 몇 : how

* 살 : a unit of counting age

* 이다 : be

* a verb + -이니? / -이냐? / -인가? / -야? / -지? : a non-honourific interrogative form of 이다

* a verb +  -는가? / -지? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

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

3. 이제 18개월 됐어 : 18 months now

[other expressions]

- 이제 18개월 됐다. (to younger people or friends)

- 이제 18개월 됐네. (to younger people or friends)

- 이제 18개월 됐어. (to younger people or friends)

- 이제 18개월 됐어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 이제 18개월 됐네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 이제 18개월 됐습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘-스’)

[explanations]

* 이제 : now

* 18 : [Pronunciation: 십팔] eighteen

* 개월 : months

* -이 : a suffix makes 18개월 the topic of the sentence after word ends in a consonant; this omitted

* 되다 : become; See https://www.collinsdictionary.com/ko/dictionary/korean-english/이-되다_2

* 됐다 : past tense of 되다 by ‘-었-‘

* 됐습니다 : 됐(the stem of 됐다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다

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

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

* a verb + -습니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix