2022-08-08

Let's learn about "오늘 며칠이지?"

오늘 며칠이지? : What’s the date today? / What’s today? / What’s today’s date?

[other expressions]
- 오늘 며칠이니? (to younger people or friends)
- 오늘 며칠이냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 오늘 며칠이야? (to younger people or friends)
- 오늘 며칠인가? (to younger people or friends)
- 오늘 며칠인지? (to younger people or friends)
- 오늘 며칠이지? (to younger people or friends)
- 오늘 며칠이지요? (honourific by '-요')
- 오늘 며칠이죠? (a short form of 며칠이지요)
- 오늘 며칠인가요? (honourific by '-요')
- 오늘 며칠인지요? (honourific by '-요')
- 오늘 며칠입니까? (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')

[explanations]
* 오늘 : today
* -이 : a suffix makes 오늘 the topic of the sentence after a word ends a consonant; this can be replaced by -은 if you emphasize 며칠; this can be omitted

* 며칠 : a word made from 몇(what) + 일(date); what date
* 이다 : be

* a noun + -이니? / -이냐? / -이야? / -인가? / -인지? / -이지? : a questioning form of 이다
* a noun + -이지요? / -이죠? / -인가요? / -인지요? / -입니까? : an honourific questioning form of 이다 by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ’

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