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숙제를 절반밖에 못 했어요 : I only did half of my homework

[other expressions]

- 숙제를 절반밖에 못 했다. (to younger people or friends)

- 숙제를 절반밖에 못 했네. (to younger people or friends)

- 숙제를 절반밖에 못 했어. (to younger people or friends)

- 숙제를 절반밖에 못 했는데. (to younger people or friends)

- 숙제를 절반밖에 못 했네요. (honourific by '요')

- 숙제를 절반밖에 못 했어요. (honourific by '요')

- 숙제를 절반밖에 못 했는데요. (honourific by '요')

- 숙제를 절반밖에 못 했습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]

* 나 : I (non-honourific word)

* 저 : I (honourific word)

* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 난 : a short form of 나는; this omitted

* 전 : a short form of 저는; this omitted

* 나 : I (non-honourific word)

* 저 : I (honourific word)

* -의 : a particle makes 나 / 저 posessive

* 나의 / 저의 : my; this omitted

* 숙제 : homework

* 를 : a particle makes 숙제 objective after a word after a word ends in a vowel

* 절반 : half

* 밖 : (1) [=바깥쪽] the outside; [=외부] the exterior; [=옥외] the outdoors; the open (air) (2) [=이외] another; the other; the rest; outside of (a limit); with the exception ; [=다른] else; [=다만 …뿐] only; but; no more than; merely; barely

- 당선권 밖에 있다 : be out of the running (in an election)

- 창문 밖을 내다보다 : look out of the window

- 나는 잠자코 참는 수밖에 없었다 : I had no choice [There was nothing for it] but to endure in silence

- 돈은 이것 밖에 없다 : I have only this much money. / This is all the money I have

* -에 : a place suffix

* 밖에 : only

* 못 : not in English

* 하다 : do

* 했다 : past tense or present perfect form of 하다 by '-었-'

* -을/를 절반밖에 못 했다 : someone only did half of something

* 했습니다 : 했(the stem of 했다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -아 / -어 / -는데 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -아 / -어 / -는데 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스/' / '-ㅂ'