2023-02-19

Let's learn about "정말 귀여워"

정말 귀여워 : So cute

* This is often used to baby, younger people, your friend or thing like flower.

[other expressions]
- 정말 귀엽다. (to younger people or friend)
- 정말 귀엽네. (to younger people or friend)
- 정말 귀여워. (to younger people or friend)
- 정말 귀엽군! (to younger people or friend)
- 정말 귀엽구나! (to younger people or friend)
- 정말 귀엽네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 정말 귀여워요. (honourific by '-요')
- 정말 귀엽군요! (honourific by '-요')
- 정말 귀엽습니다. (formal; more honouricic by '습')

[expressions]
* 이건 : a short form of 이것은: this omitted
* 은 : a particle makes 이것 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 귀엽다 : be cute

[ㅂ 불규칙 규칙(V irregular rule)]

(1) the ㅂ of 귀엽다 is not 'B' sound but 'V' sound and V consists of ㅂ + 옛이응  ‘ㆁ’. these days  V sound changed into '우' for easy pronunciation
- See : https://m.blog.naver.com/nurisejong/221050681781

(2) 귀여운: an adjective form of 귀엽다; this is from 궈여 + ㅂ(V sound consists of ㅂ + 옛이응  ‘ㆁ’; this changed into '우') + ㄴ(a suffix makes a verb into an adjective)

(3) 귀여워 : 귀엽(the stem of 귀엽다; ㅂ(V sound) changed into 우) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 귀엽습니다 : 궈엽(the stem of 귀엽다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

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

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