2022-09-21

Let's learn about "누구세요?"

누구세요? : Who are you?

[other expressions]
- 누구니? (to younger people or friends)
- 누구냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 누구야? (to younger people or friends)
- 누군데? (to younger people or friends)
- 누군데요? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)
- 누구입니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)
- 누구세요? (more honourific by '시')
- 누구셔요? (more honourific by '시')
- 누구십니까? (more honourific by '시')

[explanations]
* 누구 : who; whom

<The lefts are made from Rights by erasing "-이-">
* 누구니? <-- 누구이니?
* 누구냐? <-- 누구이냐?
* 누구야? <-- 누구이야?
* 누군데? <-- 누구인데?
* 누군데요? <-- 누구인데요?
* 누구세요? <-- 누구이세요?
* 누구셔요? <-- 누구이세요?

* a noun + -니? / -냐? / -야? / -ㄴ데? : a non-honourific interrogative form of 이다
* a noun + -ㄴ데? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a noun + -입니까? / -세요? / -셔요? / -십니까? : an honourific interrgative form of 이다 by ‘-ㅂ’ / '-요' / '시'

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