2023-04-18

Let's learn about "본인 장점[단점]은 뭐죠?"

본인 장점은 뭐죠? : What are your merits?; Tell me about your strong points; What are your strengths?; What is your best trait?; What about yourself are you most confident?

본인 단점은 뭐예요? : What are your weaknesses?; Can you tell me about your weak points?; Do you have any weaknesses?; What are you least confident about?

단점을 들어 보세요 : Name some of your bad qualities

ex of 장점)

A. 본인 장점은 무엇입니까? : What are your merits?

B. 저는 뭐든지 빨리 배웁니다 : I’m a fast learner.

ex of 단점)

A. 당신의 약점은 뭐가 있습니까? : What are your weaknesses?

B. 저는 너무 내성적이에요 : I’m too shy

[other expressions]

- 본인 장점은 뭐니? (to the younger or friends)
- 본인 장점은 뭐냐? (to the younger or friends)
- 본인 장점은 뭐야? (to the younger or friends)
- 본인 장점은 뭔가? (to the younger or friends)
- 본인 장점은 뭐지? (to the younger or friends)
- 본인 장점은 뭔가요? (honourific by '-요')
- 본인 장점은 뭐지요? (honourific by '-요')
- 본인 장점은 뭐죠? (honourific by '-요'; -죠? is a short form of -지요?)
- 본인 장점은 뭔지요? (honourific by '-요')
- 본인 장점은 뭐예요? (honourific by '-요')
- 본인 장점은 뭐입니까? (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')
- 본인 장점은 뭡니까? (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ'; -뭡니까 is a short form of 뭐입니까?)

- 본인 장점은 무엇이니? (to the younger or friends)
- 본인 장점은 무엇이냐? (to the younger or friends)
- 본인 장점은 무엇이야? (to the younger or friends)
- 본인 장점은 무엇인가? (to the younger or friends)
- 본인 장점은 무엇이지? (to the younger or friends)
- 본인 장점은 무엇인가요? (honourific by '-요')
- 본인 장점은 무엇이지요? (honourific by '-요')
- 본인 장점은 무엇이죠? (honourific by '-요'; -죠? is a short form of -지요?)
- 본인 장점은 무엇인지요? (honourific by '-요')
- 본인 장점은 무엇이에요? (honourific by '-요')
- 본인 장점은 무엇입니까? (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')

[explanations]
* 본인 : [=本人] (1) [=자기 자신] oneself (2) [=사람 자신] the person himself[herself] (3) [=(문제의) 당사자] the said person; the person in question; this can be replaced by the followings (너 / 언니 and so on)

* 너 : you (non-honourific word)
* 언니 : a woman is a little older than you
* -의 : a particle makes 너 / 언니 possesive; this omitted
* 너의 : your
* 언니의 : sister's

* 장점 : [長點] [=강점] a strong[good] point; a merit; [=이점] an advantage
* 단점 : [短點] [=결점] shortcoming; a fault; a defect; [=약점] a weak point
- 장점과 단점 : merits and demerits

* 특성 / 특징 : trait

* -은 : a particle makes 장점 / 단점 subjective after a word ends in a consonant; this can replaced by '-이'

* 뭐 : a short form of 무엇(what)

* 이다 : be

* a noun + -(이)니? / -(이)냐? / -(이)야? / -인가? / -ㄴ가? / 인지? / -ㄴ지? / -(이)지? : a questioning form of 이다
* a noun + -인가? / -ㄴ가? / -인지? / -ㄴ지? / -(이)지? + -요 : an honourific ending suffix
* a noun + -예요? / -이에요? / -입니까? : an honourific questioning form of 이다 by '-요' / ‘-ㅂ'

* 배우다 : learn
* 배웁니다 : 배우(the stem of 배우다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ')

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