Let’s learn about "그 사람 키가 크네요”

그 사람 키가 크군요 : He’s (rather) tall / He’s a tall fellow/man/guy / He’s a gangling fellow / He’s a lanky fellow / He’s tall for his age

* 키다리의, 호리호리한 : gangling

* 마르고 키가 큰, 멀대같은 : lanky

[other expressions]

- 그 사람 키가 크다. (to younger people or friends)

- 그 사람 키가 크네. (to younger people or friends)

- 그 사람 키가 커. (to younger people or friends)

- 그 사람 키가 크군! (to younger people or friends)

- 그 사람 키가 크구나! (to younger people or friends)

- 그 분 키가 크네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 그 분 키가 커요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 그 분 키가 크군요! (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 그 분 키가 큽니다. (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

[explanations]

* 그 : that

* 사람 : human being (non-honourific word)

* 분 : human being (honourific word)

* 그 사람 : he; she (non-honourific word)

* 그 분 : he; she (honourific word)

* -은 : a particle makes 그 사람 / 그 분 subjective after a word ends in a consonant; this omited

* 키 : height of a body

* -가 : a particle makes 키 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 크다 : be big; be long

* 작다 : be small; be short

* 커 : 크(the stem of 크다; 으 erased before 어) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 큽니다 : 크(the stem of 크다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

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