2023-01-16

Let's learn about "나 한가해요"

나 한가해요 : I'm free

ex)

A. 오늘 저녁에 뭐 해? : Do you have any plans this evening?

B. 나! 나 저녁에 한가한데... : Me! I'm free in the evening

[other expressions]
- 나 한가하다. (to younger people or friends)
- 나 한가하네. (to younger people or friends)
- 나 한가해. (to younger people or friends)
- 나 한가한데. (to younger people or friends)
- 저 한가하네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 저 한가해요. (honourific by '-요')
- 저 한가한데요. (honourific by '-요')
- 저 한가합니다. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')

[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific word)
* 저 : I (honourific word)
* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted

* 한가[閑暇] : leisure; leisure moments; spare time[hours]
* 한가한 : free; disengaged
* 한가하다 : be at leisure; have no work to do; have spare time[time to spare]; have leisure; be free

* 한가해 : 한가하(the stem of 한가하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
* 한가합니다 : 한가하(the stem of 한가하다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

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

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