2022-04-20

Let's learn about "사랑이 식었어"

(우리의) 사랑이 식었어 : Our love is dead

[other expressions]
- (우리) 사랑이 식었다. (to younger people or friends)
- (우리) 사랑이 식었네. (to younger people or friends)
- (우리) 사랑이 식었어. (to younger people or friends)
- (저희) 사랑이 식었네요. (honourific by '요')
- (저희) 사랑이 식었어요. (honourific by '요')
- (저희) 사랑이 식었습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]
* 우리 : we; our (non-honourific word)
* 저희 : we; our (honourific word)
* -의 : a particle makes 우리 / 저희 possesive; this can be omitted

* 사랑 : love
* -이 : a particle makes 사랑 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 식다 : [Pronunciation: 식따] get cold; cool (off); cool down; get cool; abate; subside; flag; be chilled

* 식었다 : [Pronunciation: 시걷따] past tense of 식다 by '-었-'

* 식었습니다 : 식었(the stem of 식었다] + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 / -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

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