2022-05-03

Let's learn about "나 어떡해?"

나 어떡해? : What do I do?

[other expressions]
- 나 어떡하니? (to younger people or friends)
- 나 어떡하나? (to younger people or friends)
- 나 어떡하냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 나 어떡해? (to younger people or friends)
- 저 어떡하나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저 어떡해요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저 어떡합니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific word)
* 저 : I (honourific word)
* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted

* 어떡하다 :  [Pronunciation: 어떠카다] a short form of 어떠하게 하다(do something about)

* 어떡해? : 어떡하(the stem of 어떡하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 어떡합니까? : 어떡하(the stem of 어떡하다) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -어? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix
* a verb +  -나? / -어? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -ㅂ니까? : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ-‘ 

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