우리 얘기 좀 해요 : Can we talk?
[other expressions]
- 우리 얘기 좀 하자. (to younger people or friends)
- 우리 얘기 좀 해. (to younger people or friends)
- 저희 얘기 좀 해요. (honourific by ‘요’)
- 저희 얘기 좀 합시다. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 저희 얘기 좀 하지요. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 저희 얘기 좀 하시죠. (more honourific by ‘시’; -시죠 is a short form of -시지요)
- 저희 얘기 좀 하십시다. (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)
[explanations]
* 우리 : we (non-honourific word)
* 저희 : we (honourific word)
* 이야기 : story; talk
* 얘기 : a short form of 이야기
* -를 : a particle makes 얘기 objective after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted
* 좀 : (1) a little; a bit (2) please in the sentence
* 하다 : do
* 이야기하다 = 얘기하다 = 이야기를 하다 = 얘기를 하다 : (1) speak (to a person); converse (with a person); [=담화하다] talk (to a person); [=잡담하다] chatter (with a person); gossip (about a person, matter); have a talk [chat] (with a person)
(2) talk (about, on); tell; speak (of, about)
(3) tell (a story); give an account (of a matter); relate; [=나레이션을 하다] narrate (a story)
(4) [=말하다] say
(5) [=진술하다] state; relate; tell
(6) [=토론하다] talk with (a person) about (a matter); consult with (a person); discuss (a matter) with (a person)
* 하자 : 하(the stem of 하다) + -자(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~")
* 해 : 하(the stem of 하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~")
* 해요 : 하(the stem of 하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 하시지요 : 하(the stem of 하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -지(a propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 합시다 : 하(the stem of 하다) + -ㅂ시다(a propositive honourific verb ending suffix means "Let's ~")
* 하십시다 : 하(the stem of 하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ시다(a propositive honourific verb ending suffix means "Let's ~")
* a verb + -자 / -어 : a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~"
* a verb + -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix)
* a verb + -ㅂ시다 / -시지요 / -시죠 / -십시다 : an honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~" by '-요' / '-ㅂ'
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