2022-10-21

Let's learn about "나 가을 타는 거 같아"

나 가을 타는 거 같아 : I think that I have the fall blues

[other expressions]
- 나 가을 타는 거 같다. (to younger people or friends)
- 나 가을 타는 거 같네. (to younger people or friends)
- 나 가을 타는 거 같아. (to younger people or friends)
- 나 가을 타는 거 같군! (to younger people or friends)
- 나 가을 타는 거 같구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 저 가을 타는 거 같네요. (honourific by '요')
- 저 가을 타는 거 같군요! (honourific by '요')
- 저 가을 타는 거 같아요. (honourific by '요')
- 저 가을 타는 거 같습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific word); this can replaced by 난
* 저 : I (honourific word): this can replaced by 전
* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted

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

* 가을 : (Am) fall, (Brit) autumn
- 가을(의) 기운이 완연하다 : Autumn is in the air
* -을 : a particle makes 가을 objective after a word ends in a consonant

* 타다 : (1) (탈것에) ride, take; [=올라타다] get on, get in(to), board (2) (나무·산 등을) climb, (formal) ascend (3) (흐름·틈·분위기·기분 등을) take advantage of, capitalize on; go along something like trends, feelings, mood (4) (불에) burn, blaze; [=화염에 휩싸이다] be in flames [=불타다] (5) (밥·고기 등이) burn, be burned (6) tan, (피부가) be suntanned, be browned; (지나치게) be sunburned
- 말을 타다 : ride (on) a horse
- 사다리를 타고 지붕에 올라가다 : climb to the roof by the ladder
- 시대의 흐름을 타다 : go along the current trends
- 뭔가 타는 냄새가 난다 : I can smell something burning
- 생선이 타지 않게 잘 뒤집어라 : Turn[Rotate] the fish carefully so that it won't burn
- 햇볕에 얼굴이 까맣게 탔다 : My face got browned by the sun

* 가을(을) 타다 : be sentimental in autumn

* 타는 : 타(the stem of 타다) + -는(a suffix makes a verb attributive / this is a modifier to a noun)

* 거 : a short form of 것(thing)

* -(으)ㄴ 거 같다 = -는 거 같다 = -(으)ㄴ 것 같다 = -는 것 같다 : look like, seem, I think:  these express a supposition/opinion based on a basis
- See : https://www.koreantopik.com/2018/11/l1g59-av-grammar-1-looks-like-appears.html

* 같습니다 : 같(the stem of 같다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

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

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