2023-04-01

Let's learn about "옷차림이 단정하네요."

옷차림이 단정하네요 : You look tidy; You look clean cut; You are properly dressed; Neatly dressed, are you?

오늘 멋지게 차려입었군요 : You’re all dressed up today: You look very dressy today; You look good dressed up today

ex)

A. 무슨 일 있어요? 멋지게 차려입으셨네요 : What’s the occasion? You’re all dressed up.

B. 오후에 결혼식에 갈 거거든요 : I’m going to a wedding this afternoon

[other expressions]
- 옷차림이 단정하다. (to younger people or friends)
- 옷차림이 단정하네. (to younger people or friends)
- 옷차림이 단정해. (to younger people or friends)
- 옷차림이 단정하군! (to younger people or friends)
- 옷차림이 단정하구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 옷차림이 단정하네요. (honourific by '요')
- 옷차림이 단정하군요! (honourific by '요')
- 옷차림이 단정해요. (honourific by '요')
- 옷차림이 단정합니다. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ‘)

- 오늘 멋지게 차려입었다. (to younger people or friends)
- 오늘 멋지게 차려입었네. (to younger people or friends)
- 오늘 멋지게 차려입었어. (to younger people or friends)
- 오늘 멋지게 차려입었군! (to younger people or friends)
- 오늘 멋지게 차려입었구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 오늘 멋지게 차려입었네요. (honourific by '요')
- 오늘 멋지게 차려입었군요! (honourific by '요')
- 오늘 멋지게 차려입었어요. (honourific by '요')
- 오늘 멋지게 차려입었습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스-‘)

[explanations]
* 너 / 니 : you (non-honourific word)
* 언니 : a woman is elder than a woman
* -는 : a suffix makes 너 / 니 / 언니 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted

* 단정한 : natty; smart; neat, tidy; decent
* 말쑥한 : [Pronunciation: 말쑤칸] clean cut; smart; tidy; dinky; trig; jaunty
* 단정하게 : an adverb form of 단정한 by '-게'
* 말쑥하게 : an adverb form of 말쑥한 by '-게'
* 단정하다 : (1) a verb form of 단정한 by '-다' (2) predicate; conclude; decide
* 말쑥하다 : a verb form of 말쑥한 by '-다'

* 오늘 : today

* 멋진 : splendid; wonderful; excellent; marvelous; grand; elegant; magnificent
* 멋지게 : an adverb form of 멋진 by '-게'
* 멋지다 : a verb form of 멋진 by '-다'

* 차리다 : this has the following meanings
(1) [=장만하여 갖추다] prepare and be equipped [furnished] (with)
- 음식을 차리다 : serve with a meal
- 밥상을 차리다 : spread[set] the table (for dinner) / lay covers
- 저녁상을 차리다 : get supper ready
- 잔치를 차리다 : give[spread] a feast[banquet] / give[hold] a party
- 살림을 차리다 : make a new home
- 점포를 차리다 : set up a store
- 떠날 채비를 차리다 = 떠날 준비를 하다 : make oneself ready for the start
- 아침 식사는 제가 차리겠습니다 = 아침 식사는 제가 준비하겠습니다 : I will set the table for breakfast[prepare breakfast]
- 차린 것이 아무것도 없습니다 : We have nothing special to offer you

(2) [=옷 등을 갖추어 꾸미다] dress (oneself) up; be dressed up
- 그녀는 옷차림이 아주 여성스럽다 : She is very feminine in her dress

* 옷차림 : 옷(garment) + 차리다(wear) + -ㅁ(a suffix makes a vetb a noun)

(3) [=겉으로 드러내다] keep; maintain; save; preserve; observe; pay attention
- 인사를 차리다 : observe decorum / keep up the common civilities of life
- 체면을 차리다 : keep up appearances
- 그는 체면을 차리기 위해 봉급을 많이 받고 있는 체했다 : He pretended to be receiving a high salary in order to keep up appearances

(4) [=알아차리다] understand; catch up
- …을 눈치 차리다 : get the wind of

(5) [=정신을 가다듬다] come to; collect ; concentrate 
- 그는 겨우 정신을 차리고 일어났다 : He finally woke up with regaining consciousness

(6) [=욕심을 채우려 하다]
- 욕심 차리다 = 욕심을 부리다 : be avaricious / be covetous / be greedy
- 제 욕심만 차리다 : be self-interested / put one's own interests above everything else

* 입다 : wear

* 차려입다 : dress (oneself) up; be gaily dressed up; be in one's (Sunday) best;  fix oneself up <-- 차리다 + -여(a connection suffix between two verbs) + 입다
- 나들이 옷을 차려입은 처녀 : a girl dressed up [all decked out / dolled up] in her sunday best
- 화려하게 차려입다 : be gaudily dressed / overdress (oneself)
- 그는 멋지게 차려입고 있었다 : He was decently dressed.

* 차려입었다 : past tense of 차려입다 by '-었-'

* 단정해 : 단정하(the stem of 단정하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
* 단정합니다 : 단정하(the stem of 단정하다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 차려입었습니다 : 차려입었(the stem of 차려입었다) + -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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