2022-03-08

Let’s learn about "좋은 사람”

너 좋은 사람이야 : You are a good person


[other expressions]

- 너 좋은 사람이다. (to younger people or friends)

- 너 좋은 사람이네. (to younger people or friends)

- 너 좋은 사람이야. (to younger people or friends)

- 오빠는 좋은 분이네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 오빠는 좋은 분이에요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 오빠는 좋은 분입니다. (formal; honourific by ‘ㅂ’)


[explanations]

* 너 / 니 : I (non-honourific word)

* 오빠 : older brother of a girl

* -는 : a aparticle makes 너 / 니 / 오빠 subjective after a word ends in a vowel


* 좋은 : good

* 좋다 : be good


* 사람 : human being (non-honourific word)

* 분 : human being (honourific word)


* 이다 : be


* 입니다 : 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)


* a verb + -이다 / -이네 / -이야 : a non-honourific descriptive form of 이다

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

* a verb + -이에요 / -입니다 : an honourific descriptive form of 이다 by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ’

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