2022-05-26

Let's learn about "싫어요"

싫어요 : No. I don't want

[other expressions]
- 싫다. (to younger people or friends)
- 싫네. (to younger people or friends)
- 싫어. (to younger people or friends)
- 싫네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 싫어요. (honourific by '-요')
- 싫습니다. (formal; more honourific by '-스')

[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific word); 나 can be replaced by 난
* 저 : I (honourific word); 저 can be replaced by 전
* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 난 : a short form of 나는; this omitted
* 전 : a short form of 저는; this omitted

* 싫은 : [Pronunciation: 실은] loath; loth; offensive; repellent; lousy, unpalatable; uncheerful; ruddy; chronic; beastly

* 싫다 : [Pronunciation: 실타] hate; dislike very strongly

* 싫습니다 : 싫(the stem of 싫다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ')

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

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