2022-09-20

Let's learn about "나 백수야"

난 백수야 : I'm between jobs

[other expressions]
- 나 백수다. (to younger people or friends)
- 나 백수네. (to younger people or friends)
- 나 백수야. (to younger people or friends)
- 저 백수네요. (honourific by '요')
- 저 백수예요. (honourific by '요')
- 저 백수입니다. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')

- 난 백수다. (to younger people or friends)
- 난 백수네. (to younger people or friends)
- 난 백수야. (to younger people or friends)
- 전 백수네요. (honourific by '요')
- 전 백수예요. (honourific by '요')
- 전 백수입니다. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')

[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific word)
* 저 : I (honourific word)
* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; this can be omittable

* 난 : a short form of 나는
* 전 : a short form of 저는

* 백수 : [Pronunciation: 백쑤] between jobs; joblessness

* 이다 : be

* 백수이다 : be between jobs; be jobless

* 입니다 : 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -야 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb +  -예요 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix 

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