2023-01-17

Let's learn about "...느라(고) 바빠"

* 공부하느라 바빠 : I’m busy studing
* 일하느라 바빠 : I’m busy working
* 노느라 바빠 : I'm busy playing
* 쟤는 연애하느라 바빠 : She's busy dating / He's busy dating

[other expressions]
- 바쁘다. (to younger people or friends)
- 바쁘네. (to younger people or friends)
- 바빠. (to younger people or friends)
- 바쁘네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 바빠요. (honourific by '-요')
- 바쁩니다. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')

[explanations]
* 공부하다 : study
* 일하다 : work
* 놀다 : play
* 연애하다 : Have a romantic relationship; date

* 공부하느라 : 공부하(the stem of 공부하다) + -느라
* 일하느라 : 일하(the stem of 일하다) + -느라
* 노느라 : 놀(the stem of 놀다; ㄹ erased before ㄴ) + -느라
* 연애하느라 : 연애하(the stem of 연애하다) + -느라

* -느라 / -느라고 : A connective ending used when the action of the preceding statement is the purpose or cause of the following statement; this means "...ing"

* 바쁜 : busy
* 바쁘다 : be busy
* -느라 바쁘다 : be busy ...ing

* 바빠 : 바쁘(the stem of 바쁘다; 으 erased before 아)  + -아(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
* 바빠요 : 바쁘(the stem of 바쁘다; 으 erased before 아)  + -아(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 바쁩니다 : 바쁘(the stem of 바쁘다)  + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ')

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

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