2022-10-16

Let’s learn about “낮잠 자고 싶어”

낮잠 자고 싶어 : I want to take a nap

[other expressions]
- 낮잠 자고 싶다. (to younger people or friends)
- 낮잠 자고 싶네. (to younger people or friends)
- 낮잠 자고 싶어. (to younger people or friends)
- 낮잠 자고 싶군! (to younger people or friends)
- 낮잠 자고 싶구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 낮잠 자고 싶네요. (honourific by '요')
- 낮잠 자고 싶군요! (honourific by '요')
- 낮잠 자고 싶어요. (honourific by '요')
- 낮잠 자고 싶습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]
* 낮잠 : nap <-- 낮(daytime) + 잠(sleep)
* -을 : a particle makes 낮잠 objective after a word ends in a consonant; this omitted

* 자다 : sleep

* 낮잠(을) 자다 : take a nap

* 낮 : [=해가 떠 있는 동안] day; the daytime; [=대낮] noon; noonday; noontime

* 자고 : 자(the stem of 자다) + -고(a connection suffix between two verbs)

* 싶다 : want; hope
* -고 싶다 : want to do

* 싶습니다 : 싶(the stem of 싶다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

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

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