2023-01-16

Let's learn about "영광이지"

영광이지 : It's an honour

[other expressions]
- 영광이다. (to younger people or friends)
- 영광이네. (to younger people or friends)
- 영광이야. (to younger people or friends)
- 영광이지. (to younger people or friends)
- 영광이군! (to younger people or friends)
- 영광이구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 영광이네요. (honourific by '요')
- 영광이지요. (honourific by '요')
- 영광이죠. (honourific by '요'; -죠 is a short form of -지요)
- 영광이군요! (honourific by '요')
- 영광이에요. (honourific by '요')
- 영광입니다. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ‘)

[explanations]
* 영광 : an honour
* 이다 : be

* 영광이지 : 영광 + 이다 + -지(See the following)
* -지 : A sentence-final ending used when the speaker talks about himself/herself or his/her thoughts in a friendly manner(친근하게 말할 때 사용하는 서술격 종결어미)
* -이죠 / -죠 : an honourific form of -이지

* -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

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