2023-01-13

Let's learn about "제가 좀 성급했네요"

제가 좀 성급했네요 : I was a bit hasty

ex)

A. 자네. 안 하던 실수를 했더구만! 담부턴 좀 더 주의를 기울여서 일을 좀 하게나 : Hey! You made a mistake that you didn't do! You should pay more attention to your work from now on

B. 예. 알겠습니다. 저번에는 제가 좀 성급했습니다 : Yes, sir. Last time, I was a bit hasty

[other expressions]
- 내가 좀 성급했다. (to younger people or friends)
- 내가 좀 성급했네. (to younger people or friends)
- 내가 좀 성급했어. (to younger people or friends)
- 제가 좀 성급했네요. (honourific by '요')
- 제가 좀 성급했어요. (honourific by '요')
- 제가 좀 성급했습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]
* 내 : I (non-honourific word)
* 제 : I (honourific word)
* -가 : a particle makes 나 / 저 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted

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

* 성급한 : [性急한] hasty; impatient; impetuous; rash; quick-[short- / hot-]tempered
- 성급한 기질 : a hasty temper / impetuous disposition
- 성급한 노인 : a short-[quick- / hot-]tempered old man
- 성급한 행동 : rash action[behavior]
- 그가 성급한 짓을 하지 않는다면 좋으련만 : I only hope he won't take any rash action[he won't do anything rash]
- 벌써 준비를 시작하다니 정말 성급한 사람이군 : You really are impatient to start getting ready so soon
- 성급한 그는 벌써 퇴근 채비를 하고 있었다 : Being impatient by nature, he was already getting ready to leave

* 성급히 : hastily; impatiently; impetuously; rashly
- 성급히 결정하다 : decide too hastily
- 성급히 굴어서는 안 된다 : Don't be too hasty. /Don't jump the gun
- 그는 성급히 땅을 팔고 말았다 : He rashly sold his land

* 성급하다 : a verb form of 성급한
- 성급하면 손해 본다 : Out of temper, out of money
- 그녀는 원래 성급하다 : She is impatient by nature
- 너무 성급하면 어렵게 된다 : If you're too hasty, you'll cause trouble
- 그는 성급해서 실수를 잘한다 : He tends to make mistakes by acting too hastily

* 성급했다 : past tense of 성급하다 by '-었-'

* 성급했습니다 : 성급했(the stem of 성급했다) + -스(a suffix makes a verv more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

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

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