Let's learn about "자책하다"

자책하지 마 : Don't be hard on yourself

[other expressions]

- 자책하지 마. (to younger people or friends)

- 자책하지 마라. (to younger people or friends)

- 자책하지 말래. (to younger people or friends)

- 자책하지 마요. (honourific by '요')

- 자책하지 말래요. (honourific by '요')

- 자책하지 마실래요. (more honourific by '시')

- 자책하지 마세요. (more honourific by '시')

- 자책하지 마셔요. (more honourific by '시')

- 자책하지 마십시오. (formal; more honourific by '시')

- 자책하지 마시겠어요. (more honourific by '시')

- 자책하지 마시겠습니까? (more honourific by '시')

[explanations]

* 자책 : [自責] self-accusation [-reproach, -condemnation, -blame] <--자(self) + 책(a short form of 책망)

* 책망 : [責望] reproof; reproach; rebuke; reprimand; censure; blame; charge

* 책망하다 : scold (a person for); give (a person) a scolding; call [take, bring] (a person) to task (for); find faults with (a person); give (a person) a good talking-to

* 자책하다 : reproach oneself

- 자책감[심] : a guilty conscience; pangs[pricks / twinges] of conscience; remorse

- 자책감에 사로잡히다 : suffer from a guilty conscience / be conscience-stricken.

* 자책하지 : 자책하(the stem of 자책하다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance)

* 말다 : [irregular verb] (1) [=둘둘 말다]  roll (up)

(2) put (boiled rice) into soup [water]; mix (food) with (water, soup) (3) [=그만두다•중단하다] stop; cease; discontinue; leave off; drop; give up; lay aside; quit; cut out (3) [=하지 않다•하지 않는게 좋다] don't; had better not (4) [=끝내다] end up (doing); finally do

* 마: 말(the stem of 말다; ㄹ erased before 아; 마 and 아 contracted 마) + -아(a non-honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~ " or "please ~ ")

* 말아: 말(the stem of 말다) + -아(a non-honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~ " or "please ~ ")

* 마라: 말(the stem of 말다; ㄹ erased before 아) + -아라(a non-honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~ " or "please ~ ")

* 말래: 말(the stem of 말다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -래(a non-honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~ " or "please ~ ")

* 말래요: 말(the stem of 말다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -래(a non-honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~ " or "please ~ ") + -요(an honourific  verb ending suffix)

* 마실래요: 말(the stem of 말다; ㄹ erased before 시) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense)+ -래(a non-honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~ " or "please ~ ") + -요(an honourific  verb ending suffix)

* 마십시오 : 말(the stem of 말다; ㄹ erased before 시)  + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ시어(an honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~ " or "please ~ " by ‘시’)

* 마시겠어요 : 말(the stem of 말다; ㄹ erased before 시) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -겠(a suffix asks a listener’s will) + -어요(an honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~ " or "please ~ " by ‘요’)

* 마시겠습니까 : 말(the stem of 말다; ㄹ erased before 시)  + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -겠(a suffix asks a listener’s will) + -ㅂ니까(an honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~ " or "please ~ " by ‘ㅂ’)

* a verb + -아 / -아라 / -ㄹ래 : a non-honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~ " or "please ~ "

* a verb + -아 / -ㄹ래 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -실래요 / -십시오 / -시겠어요 / -시겠습니까 : an honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~ " or "please ~ " by ‘시’ / '-요'