2022-11-29

Let's learn about "볼 일이 좀 있어"

볼 일이 좀 있어 : I have something to do

ex)

A. 선생님! 여긴 왠 일이세요? : Sir! What are you doing here?

B. 볼 일이 좀 있어서 왔네. 그동안 잘 지냈는가? : I'm here to do some business. How have you been?

A. 예. 선생님도 별 일 없으시죠? : Yes. Is everything all right with you?

B. 그럼. 나야 별 일 없지 : Of course. I'm fine

[other expressions]
- 볼 일이 좀 있다. (to younger people or friends)
- 볼 일이 좀 있네. (to younger people or friends)
- 볼 일이 좀 있어. (to younger people or friends)
- 볼 일이 좀 있네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 볼 일이 좀 있어요. (honourific by '-요')
- 볼 일이 좀 있습니다.. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]
* 보다 : (1) see (2) do in the sentence
* 볼 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense)

* 일 : (1) work (2) business
* -이 : a particle makes 일 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 좀 : a short form of 조금(a little; some)

* 있다 : be; exist; have

* -ㄹ 일이 있다 : have something to do

* 있습니다 : 있(the stem of 있다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

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

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