2023-04-17

Let's learn about "저는 매사에 낙천적이에요"

저는 매사에 낙천적이에요 : I’m too optimistic; I’m such an optimist; I’m very easygoing; I’m too positive.

ex)

A. 비관론자 쪽이신가요? : Are you a pessimist?

B. 아뇨, 전혀 아니에요. 오히려 너무 낙천적이죠 : No, not at all. I’m too optimistic.

[other expressions]
- 나는 매사에 낙천적이다. (to younger people or friends)
- 나는 매사에 낙천적이네. (to younger people or friends)
- 나는 매사에 낙천적이야. (to younger people or friends)
- 저는 매사에 낙천적이네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저는 매사에 낙천적이에요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저는 매사에 낙천적입니다. (formal; honourific by ‘ㅂ’)

[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific word)
* 저 : I (honourific word)
* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 매사 : [每事] [=일] each[every] affair[matter]; [=사업] every business[undertaking]; [=계획·시도] each step[attempt / plan]; [=상황] every circumstance
- 매사에 불여(不如) 튼튼이라 : Success in every business comes from constant preparedness
- 그는 매사에 관대하다 : He is generous in everything
- 그녀는 매사에 있어서 내게 반대한다 : She opposes[goes against] everything I say and do
- 그는 매사에 실패했다 : He failed in everything. / Everything he put his hand to proved a failure.
- 계모[시어머니]는 매사에 내게 심하게 대했다 : My stepmother[mother-in-law] was hard on me in every way

* -에 : a place suffix means "on"

* 비관적인 : pessimistic
* 비관적이다 : be pessimistic
* 비관론자 : pessimist

* 무난한 / 태평스러운 : easygoing
* 무난하다 / 태평스럽다 : be easygoing

* 낙천적인 : optimistic
* 낙천적이다 : be optimistic

* 입니다 : 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -(이)다 / -(이)네 / -(이)야 : a non-honourific descriptive form of 이다
* a verb + -(이)네 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -이에요 / -예요 / -입니다 : an honourific descriptive form of 이다 by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ’

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