Let's learn about "밥은?"

밥은? = 밥은 먹었어? : Did you eat? / Did you have a meal?

[other expressions]

1) To someone who's the same age as me or younger

- 밥은? = 식사는? (to younger people or friends)

- 밥(은) 먹었니? = 식사(는) 했니? (to younger people or friends)

- 밥(은) 먹었나? = 식사(는) 했나? (to younger people or friends)

- 밥(은) 먹었냐? = 식사(는) 했냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 밥(은) 먹었어? = 식사(는) 했어? (to younger people or friends)

- 밥(은) 먹었나요? = 식사(는) 했나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 밥(은) 먹었어요? = 식사(는) 했어요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 밥(은) 먹었습니까? = 식사(는) 했습니까? (honourific by ‘-요’)

2) To someone older than me or someone in a higher position

- 식사(는) 하셨어요? (more honourific by ‘시’)

- 식사(는) 하셨는지요? (more honourific by ‘시')

- 식사(는) 하셨는나요? (more honourific by ‘시')

- 식사(는) 하셨습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)

3) To someone who is very old or very senior to me (grandfather, grandmother, king or aristocrats of Korean historical dramas)

- 진지(는) 드셨나요? (more honourific by ‘시')

- 진지(는) 드셨어요? (more honourific by ‘시')

- 진지(는) 드셨는지요? (more honourific by ‘시')

- 진지(는) 드셨습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)

- 진지(는) 잡수셨나요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 진지(는) 잡수셨어요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 진지(는) 잡수셨는지요? (more honourific by ‘시')

- 진지(는) 잡수셨습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘-스’)

[explanations]

* 밥 : meal

* 식사 : (1) [=인사말] address, (formal) oration (2) meal

* 진지 : (1) [군사시설] stronghold;  (military) camp; encampment (2) seriousness (3) [=밥의 높임말] an honourific word of meal(밥 / 식사) to the elderly or senior

- 산속에 진지를 구축하다 : build[set] up a stronghold in the mountain

- 진지한 대화를 나누다 : have[make] a(n) earnest[sincere] conversation (with)

- 진지 잡수셨습니까? : Have you had your meal?

* -는 : a postpositional particle used to indicate that a certain subject is the topic of a sentence and also this used to indicate an emphasis; this is used instead of '-를/을(a particle makes a noun objective)

* 밥(을) 먹다 = 식사(를) 하다 = 식사하다 : have a meal; eat

* 먹다 : eat (non-honourigic word)

* 들다 : eat (non-honourific word)

* 잡숫다 = 잡수다: eat; have (honourific word to the elderly)

* 드시다 : an honourific form of 들다 by '시'

* 잡수시다 : an honourific form of 잡다 by '시'

- 할아버지, 진지 잡수세요 : Grandpa, dinner is ready!

* 진지(를) 드시다 = 진지(를) 잡수시다 : an honourific phrase of 밥 먹다 / 식사하다 to the elderly or senior

* 먹었다 : past tense of 먹다 by '-었-'

* 했다 : past tense of 하다 by '-었-'

* 드셨다 : past tense of 드시다 by '-였-'

* 잡수셨다 : past tense of 잡수시다 by '-였-'

* 하셨다 : an honourific form of 했다 by '시-'

* 먹었습니까? : 먹었(the stem of 먹었다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 했어요? : 하(the stem of 하다; 하 + -었 contracted into 했) + -었(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 하셨나요? : 하(the stem of 하다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -나?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 하셨어요? : 하(the stem of 하다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 했습니까? : 했(the stem of 했다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 하셨습니까? : 하셨(the stem of 하셨다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 드셨나요? : 들(the stem of 들다; ㄹ erased before 시) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -나?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 드셨어요? : 들(the stem of 들다; ㄹ erased before 시) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 드셨습니까? : 드셨(the stem of 드셨다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 잡수셨나요? : 잡수(the stem of 잡수다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -나?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 잡수셨어요? : 잡수(the stem of 잡수다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 잡수셨습니까? : 잡수(the stem of 잡수다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -는지? / -는가? / -어? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -나? / -는지? / -는가? / -어? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -ㅂ니까? / -습니까 / -십니까? : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ-‘ / '시' / '스'