2023-05-28

Let's learn about "노래는 정말 못해요"

노래는 정말 못해요 = 노래는 하나도 못해요 = 저는 음치예요 : I really can’t sing; I’m tone-deaf; I sing way off-key; I can’t carry a tune; I’m not much of a singer

저는 박치예요 : I don’t have a rhythm.

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A. 저희를 위해 노래해 주지 않겠어요? : Why don’t you sing for us?

B. 안 듣는 게 좋을 거예요. 전 음치거든요 : You really don’t want to hear me sing. I’m tone-deaf

[other expressions]
- 노래는 정말[하나도] 못한다. (to younger people or friends)
- 노래는 정말[하나도] 못하네. (to younger people or friends)
- 노래는 정말[하나도] 못해. (to younger people or friends)
- 노래는 정말[하나도] 못하네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 노래는 정말[하나도] 못해요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 노래는 정말[하나도] 못합니다. (formal; honourific by ‘ㅂ’)

- 저는 음치다. (to younger people or friends)
- 저는 음치네. (to younger people or friends)
- 저는 음치야. (to younger people or friends)
- 저는 음치네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저는 음치예요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저는 음치입니다. (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 consonant

* 난 : a short form of 나는
* 전 : a short form of 저는

* 정말 : really; so much; very

* 하나 : one
* -도 : even

* 정말 못하다 = 하나도 못하다 : really can't do

* 못하다 : [=할 수 없다] cannot ; be unable ; be incapable ; [=…할 여유가 없다] cannot afford

* 못해 : 못하(the stem of 못하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
* 못하겠습니다 : 못하겠(the stem of 못하겠다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ')

* 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’

* 음치 : [音癡] [상태(state)] tone deafness; [사람(human being)] a tone-deaf person
- 음치인 : tone-deaf
- 그는 음치다 : He is tone-deaf. / He has no musical sense[ear for music]

* 가락 / 곡조 : tone

* 음치이다 : can’t carry a tune

* 박치 : a person who has no sense of rhythm for music

* 이다 : be; have

* 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'

A. 저희를 위해 노래해 주지 않겠어요? : Why don’t you sing for us?

* 저희 : (1) (일인칭) (주격) we, (소유격) our, (목적격) us, (소유대명사) ours, (재귀대명사) ourselves (2) (삼인칭) (주격) they, (소유격) their, (목적격) them, (소유대명사) theirs, (재귀대명사) themselves
- 저희는 아이가 없어요 : We have no children
- 그들은 저희끼리 수군거렸다 : They talked (under their breath) amongst themselves
* -를 : a particle makes 저희 objective after a word ends in a vowel

* 위해 / 위해서 / 위하여 : for

* 노래 : song
* 노래하다 / 노래를 하다 : sing a song

* 노래해 : 노래하(the stem of 노래하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a connection suffix)
* 주다 : give

* -어[아•여] 주다 : have an effort to do
* 주지 : 주(the stem of 주다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance)

* 않다 : [Pronunciation: 안타] don't do

* 않겠어요? : 않(the stem of 않다) + -겠(one's will; one's conjecture) + -어(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* -지 않겠어요? : Why don't you do ~?
- 노래해 주지 않겠어요? : Why don’t you sing (for us)?

* 안 : this equal to "not" in English

* 듣다 : [Pronunciation: 듣따] listen to
* 듣는 : 듣(the stem of 듣다) + -는(a suffix makes a verb attributive)

* 게 : a short form of 것이
* 것 : a thing
* -이 : a particle makes 것 subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 듣는 것 : (a thing) to listen to

* 좋은 : good; nice
* 좋다 : [Pronunciation: 좋타] be good; nice

* -가[이] 좋다 : (1) be good; be nice (2) like somthing or someone

* -을[를] 좋아하다 : like somthing or someone

* 좋을 : 좋(the stem of 좋다] + -을(a suffix makes a verb future tense and attributive)

* 거 : a short form of 것( a thing)
* -이다 : be
* -예요 : 이(the stem of 이다; 이 + -여 contracted into 예) + -여(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* -을[를•ㄹ] 거예요 : a short form of 것이에요(I think that something or someone be ~)
- 좋을 것이에요 / 좋을 거예요 : It's going to be good; I think that it is good

* -거든 : A sentence-final ending referring to the reason, cause, or basis for the preceding statement that the speaker thought of

* -거든요 : an honourific form of 거든 by '-요'

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