2022-03-08

Let’s learn about "목마르다”

나 목말라 : I’m thirsty


[other expressions]

- 나 목마르다. (to younger people or friends)

- 나 목마르네. (to younger people or friends)

- 나 목말라. (to younger people or friends)

- 나 목마르군! (to younger people or friends)

- 나 목마르구나! (to younger people or friends)

- 저 목마르네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 저 목말라요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 저 목마르군요! (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 저 목마릅니다. (formal; honourific by ‘ㅂ’)


[explanations]

* 나 : I (non-honourific word)

* 저 : I (honourific word)

* -는 : a aparticle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel


* 목 : (1) neck (2) throat (3) the bottleneck in a way of escape; a key position (on the road); a strategic point

* 마르다 : (1) dry; get dry; dry up; wither; be seasoned; be parched (2) become [grow] thin [lean]; grow gaunt; lose flesh; fall away; pine away

(3) [=목마르다] be thirsty; feel thirsty [dry]

(4) [=다 쓰다•소진하다] run out; become exhausted; be used up


* 목마르다 : be thirsty; feel thirsty [dry]


* 목마릅니다 : 목마르(the stem of 목마르다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)


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

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

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

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

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