2022-09-27

Let's learn about "조금 싱거운데"

조금 싱거운데 : It's a bit bland

[other expressions]
- 좀 싱겁다. (to younger people or friends)
- 좀 싱겁네. (to younger people or friends)
- 좀 싱거워. (to younger people or friends)
- 좀 싱겁군! (to younger people or friends)
- 좀 싱겁구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 좀 싱거운데 (to younger people or friends)
- 좀 싱겁네요. (honourific by '요')
- 좀 싱겁군요. (honourific by '요')
- 좀 싱거워요. (honourific by '요')
- 좀 싱거운데요. (honourific by '요')
- 좀 싱겁습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]
* 좀 : a short form of 조금(a little bit)

* 싱거운 : bland; not spicy
* 싱겁다 : [ㅂ 불규칙] be bland; be not spicy

* 싱거워 : 싱겁(the stem of 싱겁다; ㅂ changed into 우) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
* 싱거운데 : 싱겁(the stem of 싱겁다; ㅂ changed into 우) + -ㄴ데(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* ㅂ 불규칙 : ㅂ of 싱겁다 is not 'B' sound but 'V' sound and V consists of ㅂ + 옛이응  ‘ㆁ’. these days  V sound changed into '우' for easy pronunciation

* See : https://m.blog.naver.com/nurisejong/221050681781

* 싱겁습니다 : 싱겁(the stem of 싱겁다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

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

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