Let’s learn about "모르지”

모르지 : I don’t know

[other expressions]

- 모른다. (to younger people or friends)

- 모르네. (to younger people or friends)

- 몰라. (to younger people or friends)

- 모르지. (to younger people or friends)

- 모르네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 몰라요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 모르지요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

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

- 모릅니다. (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

[explanations]

* 알다 : know

* 모르다 : don’t know

* 몰라 : 모르(the stem of 모르다; 모르 before 아 contracted into 몰 and 으 erased) + -아(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 모릅니다 : 모르(the stem of 모르다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -어 / -네 / - 다 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -어 / -네 + -요 : honourific verb ending suffix

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