Let's learn about "그게 중요해?"

그게 중요해?  = 그게 중요한 거니? : Is that important? / That's what counts?

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1) 그게 중요해? 전혀 안 그래 : Does it matter? Not in the least

2) 그게 중요해? 난 모르겠어 : Is that important? I don't know

3) 그건 우리 가족이고 그게 중요해 : It's our family, and that's what counts

4) 그게 중요해요? 그래요, 그럴 수도 있겠죠 : Does it matter? Well, it might

5) 그게 중요해. 왜냐하면 거긴 엄청 로맨틱한 장소거든 : That's important, because it's such a romantic place

6) 몰라 그게 중요해? : Why is that important?

7) 맞아, 그게 중요해 : That's a good question

8) 그게 중요해 - 그래? : That's important. - Really?

9) 지금 그게 중요해? : Does it matter?

10) 그게 중요해요, 여러분 : That's the important thing

11) What does it matter? : 그게 뭐 중요해? / 그게 뭔 문제야?

[other expressions]

- 그게 중요하니? (to younger people or friends)

- 그게 중요하나? (to younger people or friends)

- 그게 중요하냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 그게 중요해? (to younger people or friends)

- 그게 중요한가? (to younger people or friends)

- 그게 중요하나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 그게 중요해요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 그게 중요한가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 그게 중요하세요? (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)

- 그게 중요하셔요? (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)

- 그게 중요하십니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)

- 그게 중요한 거니? (to younger people or friends)

- 그게 중요한 거냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 그게 중요한 거야? (to younger people or friends)

- 그게 중요한 거예요? (to younger people or friends)

- 그게 중요한 겁니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

[explanations]

* 그게 : a short form of 그것이

* 그것 : that (thing)

* -이 : a particle makes 그것 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 중요 : importance

* 중요한 : important

* 중요하다 : be important

* 중요해? : 중요하(the stem of 중요하다; 하+ -어 contracted into 해) + -어?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 중요한가? : 중요하(the stem of 중요하다) + -ㄴ가?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 중요하세요? : 중요하(the stem of 중요하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 중요하셔요? : 중요하(the stem of 중요하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -여?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 중요하십니까? : 중요하(the stem of 중요하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 거 : a short form of 것(thing)

* 이다 : be

* 거니? : a short form of 것이니?

* 거냐? : a short form of 것이냐?

* 거야? : a short form of 것이야?

* 거예요? : a short form of 것이에요?

* 겁니까? : a short form of 것입니까?

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -ㄴ가? / -는가 / -어? / -야? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -나? / -ㄴ가? / -는가? / -어? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -세요? / -셔요? / -ㅂ니까? / -십니까? / -예요? / -이에요? : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by '-요' / ‘-ㅂ-‘ / '시'