2023-04-28

Let's learn about "그 사람 성격 좋아요"

그 사람 성격 좋아요 : He’s got a great personality: He’s good-natured: He has a wonderful personality.

ex)

A. 걔가 그렇게 친구가 많은 것도 당연해 : It’s no surprise she has so many friends.

B. 성격이 너무 좋아 : She sure has a great personality

[other expressions]
- 그 사람 성격 좋다. (to younger people or friends)
- 그 사람 성격 좋네. (to younger people or friends)
- 그 사람 성격 좋아. (to younger people or friends)
- 그 사람 성격 좋네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 그 사람 성격 좋아요. (honourific by '-요')
- 그 사람 성격 좋습니다.. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]
* 그 : that
* 사람 : human being (non-honourific word)
* 붐 : human being (honourific word)
* 그 사람 / 그 분 : he or she
* -은 : a particle makes 그 사람 / 그 분 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 성격 : [性格] [Pronunciation: 성껵] character; personality

* -이 : a particle makes 성격 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 좋은 : good; great
* 좋다 : [Pronunciation: 조타] be good; be great

* 좋습니다 : 좋(the stem of 좋다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -다 / -는다 / -네 / -아 / -어 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 / -아 / -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb +  -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스-' / '-ㅂ'

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