2022-11-16

Let's learn about "니 생각은 어때?"

니 생각은 어때? : What do you think about that?

[other expressions]
- 니 생각은 어떠니? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 니 생각은 어떠냐? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 니 생각은 어때? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 니 생각은 어떤가? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 언니 생각은 어때요? (honourific by '-요')
- 언니 생각은 어떤가요? (honourific by '-요')
- 언니 생각은 어떠세요? (more honourific by '시-')
- 언니 생각은 어떠셔요? (more honourific by '시-')
- 언니 생각은 어떠십니까? (more honourific by '시-')

[explanations]
* 너 : you (non-honourific word)
* 언니 : a woman is a little older than you
* -의 : a particle makes 너 / 언니 possesive; this omitted
* 너의 : your
* 언니의 : sister's

* 생각 : thought
* -은 : a particle makes 생각 subjective after a word ends in a vowel like "각"

* 어떻다 : a short form of 어떠하다(be how)

* 어때? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 어) + -어?(a non-honourific interrogative  verb ending suffix)
* 어떠세요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 어) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 어떠셔요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 어) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -여?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 어떠십니까? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 어) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix) 

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -어? / -지? / -는지? / -는가? / -ㄴ가? : a non-honourific interrogative  verb ending suffix
* a verb + -나? / -어? / -지? / -는지? / -는가? / -ㄴ가? +  -요 : an honourific ending suffix
* a verb + -세요? / -셔요? / -십니까? / -ㅂ니까? / -시는가요? / -시는지요? : an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix by ‘시-‘ / ‘-ㅂ’ / ‘-요’

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