2022-09-21

Let's learn about "잘했다"

잘했다 : You did a good job

[other expressions]
- 잘했다. (to younger people or friends)
- 잘했네. (to younger people or friends)
- 잘했어. (to younger people or friends)
- 잘했군! (to younger people or friends)
- 잘했구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 잘했네요. (honourific by '요')
- 잘했군요. (honourific by '요')
- 잘했어요. (honourific by '요')
- 잘했습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]
* 잘하다 : (1) [=올바르게 하다] do a right thing; do right; [=훌륭히 하다] do well; do successfully (2) [능란하게 하다] be skillful ; be good ; be expert ; be a good hand (3) [=만족하게 하다] satisfy; gratify; please; give satisfaction (4) [=자주 하다] do often[frequently] (5) [=잘되면] if all goes well; with luck <--- 잘(well; skillful; successfully) + 하다(do)

* 잘했다 : past tense or present perfect form of 잘하다 by '-었-'

* 잘했습니다 : 잘했(the stem of 잘했다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -아 / -어: a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -군! / -구나! : a non-honourific exclamatory verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 / -아 / -어 / -군! + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb +  -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스/' / '-ㅂ'

No comments:

Post a Comment