Let's learn about "간지럽다

간지러워 : It tickles

간지럽다. 만지지 마 : It tickles. Don't touch it / Don't touch my body

[other expressions]

- 간지럽다. (to younger people or friends)

- 간지러워. (to younger people or friends)

- 간지러워요. (honourific by '요')

- 간지럽습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]

* 간지럽다 : [Pronunciation: 간지럽따] (1) tickle; be itchy (2) be dying to say

- 온몸이 간지럽다 : I itch all over

- 말하고 싶어 입이 간지러웠지만 꾹 참았다 : I was dying to say it, but I kept my mouth shut

* 간지러운 : itchy

* 간지러워 : 간지러운(ㄴ erased) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 간지럽습니다 : 간지럽(the stem of 간지럽다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

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

* a verb + -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스' / '-ㅂ'

* 만지다 : touch

* 만지지 : 만지(the stem of 만지다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance)

* 말다 : [irregular verb] (1) [=그만두다•중단하다] stop; cease (3) [=하지 않다•하지 않는게 좋다] don't; had better not

* 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 ~ ")