2023-05-15

Let's learn about "장 보러 가자"

장(을) 보러 가자 : Let's go at grocery store; Let’s go grocery shopping

[other expressions]
- 장(을) 보러 가자. (to younger people or friends)
- 장(을) 보러 갈래? (to younger people or friends)
- 장(을) 보러 가요. (to younger people or friends)
- 장(을) 보러 갈래요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 장(을) 보러 가실래요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)
- 장(을) 보러 갑시다. (more honourific by ‘-시’)
- 장(을) 보러 가십시다. (formal; more honourific by ‘-시’)
- 장(을) 보러 가시겠어요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

[explanations]
* 장 : a short form of 시장; but 장 often means "grocery market" or "[=시골 장터] a country marketplace"

* 시장 : (1) hunger (2) [市長] a mayor; a provost (3) [市場] a market; a fair; a mart; a market place; [=거래소] an exchange

* -에 : a place suffix means "at"

* 시장하다 = 배 고프다 : be hungry

* 보다 : see; look; watch

* 가다 : go

* 보러 가자 : 보다 + -러(in order to) + 가다; go to see

* 보러 가자 : Let's go to see

* 가자 : 가(the stem of 가다) + -아자(a little imperative and persuasive verb ending suffix means "Let’s ~")
* 갈래 : 가(the stem of 가다) + -ㄹ래(a little imperative and persuasive verb ending suffix means "Let’s ~")
* 가실래요 : 가(the stem of 가다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㄹ래(a little imperative and persuasive verb ending suffix means "Let’s ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 갑시다 : 가(the stem of 가다) + -ㅂ시다(an honourific propositive and persuasive verb ending suffix means "Let’s ~") 
* 가십시다 : 가(the stem of 가다) + 시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ시다(an honourific propositive and persuasive verb ending suffix means "Let’s ~") 
* 가시겠어요 : 가(the stem of 가다) + 시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -겠어요(an honourific propositive and persuasive verb ending suffix means "Let’s ~")

* a verb + -ㄹ래 / -자 : a little imperative and persuasive verb ending suffix means "Let’s ~"
* a verb + -ㄹ래 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -ㅂ시다 / -십시오 / -겠어요 / -겠습니까: a little imperative and persuasive verb ending suffix, means "Let’s ~",  has an honourific by ‘-요’ / ‘-오’  / '스'

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