2022-04-03

Let’s learn about "별로 할 말이 없는데"

별로 할 말이 없는데 : I don’t have much to say

[other expressions]
- 별로 할 말이 없다. (to younger people or friends)
- 별로 할 말이 없네. (to younger people or friends)
- 별로 할 말이 없는데. (to younger people or friends)
- 별로 할 말이 없어. (to younger people or friends)
- 별로 할 말이 없군! (to younger people or friends)
- 별로 할 말이 없구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 별로 할 말이 없네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 별로 할 말이 없어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 별로 할 말이 없군요! (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 별로 할 말이 없습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[explanations]

* 별로 : especially; particularly; in particular

* 하다 : do
* 할 : 하(the stem of 하다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense)
* 말 : a word

* 할 말 : something to say
* -이 : a suffix makes 할 말 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 없다 : [as the form of -이 없다] be not; there is not; there are not

* 없습니다 : 없(the stem of 없다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 /-는데 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -군! / -구나! : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 / -어 / -는데 / -군! + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’

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