Let's learn about "머리가 벗겨지다"

그 사람 머리가 벗겨졌어요 : He’s bald; He’s thin on top; He’s hairless; He has a receding hairline; He’s already going bald

그는 탈모가 진행중이에요 : He’s losing hair

ex)

A. 쟤는 왜 맨날 모자를 쓰지? : Why is he always wearing a hat?

B. 머리가 벗겨지고 있어서 그래 : He has a receding hairline. That’s why

[other expressions]

- 그 사람 머리가 벗겨졌다. (to the younger people or friends)

- 그 사람 머리가 벗겨졌네. (to the younger people or friends)

- 그 사람 머리가 벗겨졌어. (to the younger people or friends)

- 그 분 머리가 벗겨졌네요. (honourific by '-요')

- 그 분 머리가 벗겨졌어요. (honourific by '-요')

- 그 분 머리가 벗겨졌습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스-')

[explanations]

* 그 : that

* 사람 : human being (non-honourific word)

* 분 : human being (honourific word)

* 그 사람 : he (non-honourific word)

* 그 분 : he (honourific word)

* -은 : a particle makes 그 사람 / 그 분 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 머리 : (1) head (2) hair

* -가 : a particle makes 머리 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 벗다 : (1) take off; slip off; throw off; get rid of (2) free oneself from

* 벗기다 : the causative form of 벗다

* 벗겨지다 : [Pronunciation: 벋껴지다] (1) (옷·신 등이) come off; be taken[stripped] off; get undressed; slip off[down / out]; (단추 등이) be unbuttoned [unzipped] (2) (칠·비늘 등이) fall[come] off; (거죽·껍질 등이) get stripped off; peel off[away] (3) (덮개 등이) get removed; be taken off <-- 벗기다 + 여(a connection suffix between two verbs) + -지다(a verb makes a verb passive form)

- 장화가 벗겨지지 않는다 : My boots will not come off

- 단추가 하나 벗겨져 있다 : One of your buttons is undone

- 래커칠이 군데군데 벗겨져 있다 : The lacquer is (worn) off in places

- 도금이 벗겨지고 있다 : The gilt is coming off

- 칠이 벗겨지기 시작하고 있다 : The paint is peeling[scaling / flaking] off

- 화강암 대좌의 표면이 군데군데 벗겨져 있었다 : The surface of the granite pedestal has flaked off in spots

- 걸쇠가 벗겨졌다 : The hook came undone

- 대문의 빗장이 벗겨져 있었다 : The gate was unbolted

- 마침내 그의 가면이 벗겨졌다 : At last he revealed his true nature[he was unmasked]

* 벗겨졌다 : past tense of 벗겨지다 by ‘-였-‘

* 벗겨졌습니다 : 벗겨졌(the stem of 벗겨졌다) + -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 + -네 / -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스-' / '-ㅂ'