Let's learn about "어디 있었어?"

어디 있었어? : Where have you been?

[other expressions]

- 어디 있었니? (to younger people or friends)

- 어디 있었나? (to younger people or friends)

- 어디 있었냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 어디 있었어? (to younger people or friends)

- 어디 있었는가? (to younger people or friends)

- 어디 있었지? (to younger people or friends)

- 어디 있었나요? (honourific by '-요')

- 어디 있었어요? (honourific by '-요')

- 어디 있었지요? (honourific by '-요')

- 어디 있었죠? (a short form of 있지요?)

- 어디 있었어요? (honourific by '-요')

- 어디 있었습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

- 어디 있으셨나요? (honourific by ‘시’)

- 어디 있으셨어요? (honourific by ‘시’)

- 어디 있으셨습니까? (honourific by ‘시’)

<to the very elderly>

- 어디 계셨어요? (more honourific by ‘스’)

- 어디 계셨습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[explanations]

* 어디 : where

* -에 : a place particle; this omittef

* 있다 : (1) be; exist (2) have (3) wait; come in the sentence

* 계시다 : honourific form of 있다 to the eldrly by '시-'

* 있었다 : past tense of 있다 by '-었-'

* 계셨다 : past tense of 계시다 by '-였-'

* 있으셨다 : honourific form of 있었다 to the elderly by '시-'

* 있었습니까? : 있었(the stem of 있었다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 있으셨나요? : 있으셨(the stem of 있으셨다) + 나?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + 요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 있으셨어요? : 있으셨(the stem of 있으셨다) + 어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + 요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 있으셨습니까? : 있으셨(the stem of 있으셨다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 계셨어요? : 계셨(the stem of 계셨다) + 어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + 요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 계셨습니까? : 계셨(the stem of 계셨다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / ?-냐? / -어? / -는가? / -지 ? : a questioning verb ending suffix

* a verb + -나? / -어? / -는가?  / -지? + -요 : an honourific ending suffix

a verb + -습니까? / -ㅂ니까? : a questioning verb ending suffix has an honourific by ‘스-” / ‘-ㅂ’