2022-12-21

Let's learn about "나 너 사랑하나 봐"

나 너 사랑하나 봐 : I guess I love you
나 너 좋아하나 봐 : I guess I like you
나 너 미워하나 봐 : I guess I hate you

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A. 뭘 그렇게 내 눈을 빤히 보는 거니? = 왜 그렇게 나 눈을 빤히 보는 거니? : Why are you staring at me like that?

B. 아무래도 나 너 좋아하나 봐 : (by any stretch of the thinking) I guess I love you

[other expressions]
- 나 너 사랑하나 보다. (to younger people or friends)
- 나 너 사랑하나 봐. (to younger people or friends)
- 저 오빠 사랑하나 봐요. (honourific by '-요')
- 저 오빠 사랑하나 봅니다.. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')

[explanations]
* 아무래도 : (1) [=아무리 생각해 보아도] by any stretch of the thinking (2) [=어떻게 되던 간에] no matter how it's done

* 아무리 상상해 보아도 : by any stretch of the imagination

* 나 : I (non-honourific word)
* 저 : I (honourific word)
* -는 : a particle makes 나 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted

* 나는 can be replaced by 내가
* 저는 can be replaced by 제가

* 내 : I (non-honourific word)
* 제 : I (honourific word)
* -가 : a particle makes 나 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel; this can't be omitted

* 너 : you (non-honourific word)
* 오빠 : a man is older than a woman
* -를 : a particle makes 너 / 오빠 objective after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted

* 사랑하다 : love
* 좋아하다 : like
* 미워하다 : hate

* 사랑하나 보다 : 사랑하(the stem of 사랑하다) + -나 보다(guess)

* -나 : a short form of -거나(a aux suffix indicates the meaning of cojecture or guess)
- 글쎄, 서너 마리나 잡았을까? : I don't know. I've caught three or four fishes
- 어떤 일이 일어나거나 그의 얼굴에서 온화한 미소가 떠나는 일은 없었다 : No matter what happened, the gentle smile was still on his face

* 보다 : (1) see; look; watch (2) guess

* 봐 : 보(the stem of 보다; 보 + -아 contracted into 봐) + -아(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
* 봅니다 : 보(the stem of 복다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

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

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