Let’s learn about "어때요?”

어때요? : How is it?

[other expressions]

- 어떠니? (to younger people or friends)

- 어떠냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 어떤지? (to younger people or friends)

- 어떤가? (to younger people or friends)

- 어떤데? (to younger people or friends)

- 어때? (to younger people or friends)

- 어떤지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

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

- 어떤데요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 어떤가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 어때요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 어떻습니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

- 어떠세요? (more honourific by ‘시’)

- 어떠셔요? (more honourific by ‘시’)

- 어떠십니까? (more honourific by ‘시’)

[explanations]

* 어떻다 : a short form of 어떠하다(be how)

* 어떤가? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before ㄴ) + -ㄴ가?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 어떤데? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before ㄴ) + -ㄴ데?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 어떤지? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before ㄴ) + -ㄴ지?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 어때? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다: ㅎ erased before 어; 어 + 어 contracted into 애) + -어(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 어떻습니까? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* 어떠세요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before ㅅ) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어(a interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 어떠셔요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before ㅅ) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -여(a interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 어떠십니까? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before ㅅ) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -니? / -냐? / -ㄴ가? / -지? / -ㄴ지? / -어? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -ㄴ가? / -지? / -ㄴ지? / -어? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

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