Let's learn about "피아노는 조금 쳐요"

피아노는 조금 쳐요 = 피아노는 초보예요 : I can play the piano a little; I play the piano a bit; I’m a novice at the piano.

ex)

A. 어떤 악기 연주할 줄 알아요? : What musical instrument can you play?

B. 피아노를 조금 쳐요. 아주 어렸을 때 피아노를 배웠거든요 : I play the piano a bit. I learned to play the piano when I was very young.

[other expressions]

- 피아노는 조금 친다. (to younger people or friends)

- 피아노는 조금 치네. (to younger people or friends)

- 피아노는 조금 쳐. (to younger people or friends)

- 피아노는 조금 치네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 피아노는 조금 쳐요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 피아노는 조금 칩니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

- 피아노는 초보다. (to younger people or friends)

- 피아노는 초보네. (to younger people or friends)

- 피아노는 초보야. (to younger people or friends)

- 피아노는 초보네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 피아노는 초보예요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 피아노는 초보입니다. (formal; honourific by ‘ㅂ’)

[explanations]

* 나 : I (non-honourific word to younger people or friends)

* 저 : I (honourific word to the elderly)

* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; when this omitted, the sentence is more natural

* 난 : a short form of 나는

* 전 : a short form of 저는

* 피아노 : piano

* -는 : a particle makes 피아노 the topic of the sentence; this can be replaceable by '-를'(the particle makes 피아노 objective after a word ends in a vowel

* 조금 / 좀 : a little

* 쬐끔 : a smal word of 조금 / 좀

* 치다 : (1) hit (2) [=연주하다] play (by hitting or fingering)

* 칩니다 : 치(the stem of 치다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -아 / -어 / -여: a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -아 / -어 / -여 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스' / '-ㅂ'

* 초보(자) / 풋내기 : novice

* 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'

* 어떤 / 어떠한 : what; which

* 알다 : [ㄹ 불규칙(ㄹ irregular)] know

* -ㄹ 수(가) 있다 / -이[가] 가능하다 / -ㄹ 줄 알다 : know how to do; can do; be able to do

* 알아요? : 알(the stem of 알다) + -아?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 아주 : so much; very

* 어리다 : be young

* 어린 : an adjective form of 어리다 by '-ㄴ'

* 어렸다 : past tense of 어리다 by '-였-'

* 어렸을 : 어렸(the stem of 어렸다) + -을(a suffix makes a verb attributive)

* 때 : when; the time

* 어렸을 때 : when I was very young

* 피아노 : piano

* -를[을] 배우다 : learn (to do)

* 배웠다 : past tense of 배우다 by '-었-'

* -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'