Let's learn about "새해가 코앞이다"

새해가 코앞이다 : The new year is just around the corner

[other expressions]

- 새해가 코앞이다. (to younger people or friends)

- 새해가 코앞이네. (to younger people or friends)

- 새해가 코앞이야. (to younger people or friends)

- 새해가 코앞이군! (to younger people or friends)

- 새해가 코앞이구나! (to younger people or friends)

- 새해가 코앞이네요. (honourific by '요')

- 새해가 코앞이군요! (honourific by '요')

- 새해가 코앞이에요. (honourific by '요')

- 새해가 코앞입니다. (formal; more honourific by '-스')

[explanations]

* 새해 : new year <-- 새(new) + 해(year)

* -가 : a particle makes 새해 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 코 : nose

* 앞 : front; before

* 이다 : be

* a special day or place + -가/-이 코앞이다 : be just around the corner

(1) 아주 가까운 곳(a very close place)

- 사고는 우리 코앞에서 일어났다 : The accident happened right before our very eyes

(2) 아주 가까운 미래(a very close future)

- 선거가 코앞으로 다가왔다 : The election is right around the corner

* 입니다 : 이(the stem of 이다)  + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a noun + -이다 / -이네 / -이야 : a non-honourific descriptive form of 이다

* a noun + -이군! / -이구나! : a non-honourific exclamatory form of 이다

* a noun + -이네 / -이군! + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a noun +  -이에요 / -입니다 : an honourific descriptive form of 이다  by '-ㅂ'

* -이에요 : this is used after a noun word end in a consonant

- 동안이네요 : You look younger than your age

* -예요 : this is used after a noun word end in a vowel

- 손님이 주문하신 커피예요 : This is the coffee you ordered