2023-01-09

Let's learn about "잘 가"

잘 가 : Goodbye

[other expressions]
<to younger people or friends)
- 잘 가.
- 잘 가라.

<to people is a little older than you)
- 잘 가요. (honourific by '-요')
- 잘 가세요. (more honourific by '시-')
- 잘 가십시오. (formal; more honourific by '시-')

<to the elderly>
- 안녕히 가세요. (more honourific by '시-')
- 안녕히 가십시오. (formal; more honourific by '시-')

- 살펴 가세요. (more honourific by '시-')
- 살펴 가십시오. (formal; more honourific by '시-')

[explanations]
* 잘 : well

* 안녕히 : well; safely

* 살피다 : (1) [=관찰하다] observe; make observation ; [=조사하다] examine; take a good look at; inspect; study; [=고찰하다] consider; inquire into; [=판단하다] judge; read (2) [=주의하다] pay[give] attention ; keep close watch ; [=경계하다] look out ; beware of (3) [=판단하다] judge; gather; [=양찰하다] consider; take into consideration; sympathize with; enter into feelings

* 살펴 : 살피(the stem of 살피다) + -여(with ...ing); with keeping close watch

* 가다 : go

* 살펴 가다 : [=조심하면서 가다] go with caution

* 가 : 가(the stem of 가다; 가 + -아 cntracted into 가) + -가(a non-honourific imperative verb ending suffix)
* 가라: 가(the stem of 가다; 가 + -아 cntracted into 가) + -가라(a non-honourific imperative verb ending suffix)

* 가세요 : 가(the stem of 가다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어(a persausive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 가십시오 : 가(the stem of 가다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ시오(an honourific persausive verb ending suffix)

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