Let's learn about "나 요즘 좀 외로워"

나 요즘 좀 외로워 : I‘m really lonely lately

ex)

A. 왜 그렇게 우울하게 보여? : Why do you look so depressed?

B. 나 요즘 좀 외로워. 니가 남친이랑 잘 지내는 거 보니까 더 그래 : I'm a little lonely lately. It's even more so seeing you get along with your boyfriend

[other expressions]

- 나 요즘 좀 외롭다. (to younger people or friends)

- 나 요즘 좀 외롭네. (to younger people or friends)

- 나 요즘 좀 외로워. (to younger people or friends)

- 저 요즘 좀 외롭네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 저 요즘 좀 외로워요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 저 요즘 좀 외롭습니다. (formal; more honourific by ‘-스’)

[explanations]

* 나 : I (non-honourific word)

* 저 : I (honourific word)

* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted

* 난 : a short form of 나는

* 전 : a short form of 저는

* 요즘 : a short form of 요즈음(these days; lately)

* 좀 : a short form of 조금(a little; a bit)

* 외로운 : lonely; lonesome; solitary; all alone

* 외롭다 : [Pronunciation: 외롭따] [irregular verb] a verb form of 외로운

* 외로워 : 외롭(the stem of 외롭다; ㅂ changed into 우) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* ㅂ 불규칙 : the ㅂ of 외롭다 is not 'B' sound but 'V' sound and V consists of ㅂ + 옛이응  ‘ㆁ’. these days  V sound changed into '우' for easy pronunciation

* See : https://m.blog.naver.com/nurisejong/221050681781

* 외롭습니다 : 외롭(the stem of 외롭다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

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

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

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

* 왜 : why

* 그렇게 : like that; so (much)

* 우울한 : depressed

* 우울하다 : be depressed

* 우울하게 : an adverb form of 우울하다 by '-게'

* 보다 : see; look; watch

* 보이다 : passive form of 보다 by '-이-'

* 보여 : 보이(the stem of 보이다; 이 + -여 contracted into 여) + -여(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 너 / 네 / 니 : you (non-honourific word)

* -가 : a particle makes 니 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 남친 : a short form of 남자친구(boy friend)

* -(이)랑 = 과 : with

* 잘 : well

* 지내다 : get along

* 지내는 : 지내(the stem of 지내다) + -는(a suffix makes a verb present tense and attributive)

* 거 : a short form of 것(a thing)

* -를 : a particle makes 거 objective after a word ends in a vowel; this omited

* -을 : a particle makes 것 objective after a word ends in a consonant; this omited

* 보니 = 보니까 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -니/-니까(because)

* 더 : more; further

* 그러하다 / 그리하다 / 그렇다 : [Pronunciation: 그럳타] be so; be such

* 그래 : 그렇(the stem of 그렇다; ㅎ erased before 아; 러 + -아 contracted into 래) + -아(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 더 그래 : be even more lonely