2022-06-09

Let's learn about "나 눈 높다"

나 눈 높다 : I have high standards

[other expressions]
- 나 눈(이) 높다. (to younger people or friends)
- 나 눈(이) 높네. (to younger people or friends)
- 나 눈(이) 높아. (to younger people or friends)
- 나 눈(이) 높은데. (to younger people or friends)
- 저 눈(이) 높네요. (honourific by '요')
- 저 눈(이) 높은데요. (honourific by '요')
- 저 눈(이) 높아요. (honourific by '요')
- 저 눈(이) 높습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[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

* 난 : a short form of 나는
* 전 : a short form of 저는

* 눈 : (1) [short high pitch] snow (2) [long low pitch] eye
* -이 : a particle makes 눈 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant; this omitted

* 높은 : high
* 높다 : be high

* 높습니다 : 높(the stem of 높다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ')

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

* a word ends in a consonant + -은데
- 높은데 : 높(the stem of 높다) + -은데
* a word ends in a vowel + -는데
- 아는데 : 알(the stem of 알다; ㄹ erased before suffix) + -는데

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