2023-07-12

Let's learn about "그 사람 어떤 것 같아?"

그 사람 어떤 것 같아? = 그 사람 어땠어? : What are your thoughts on him?

ex)

A. 그 사람 어떤 것 같아? : So, what do you think of him? / What are your thoughts on him?

B. 괜찮은 것 같은데 잘 모르겠어. 한 번 만났는데 뭘 : I guess he’s okay, but I don’t know. It was just our first date

[other expressions]
- 그 사람 어떤 것 같니? (to the younger people or friends)
- 그 사람 어떤 것 같나? (to the younger people or friends)
- 그 사람 어떤 것 같냐? (to the younger people or friends)
- 그 사람 어떤 것 같아? (to the younger people or friends)
- 그 분 어떤 것 같나요? (honourific by '-요')
- 그 분 어떤 것 같아요? (honourific by '-요')
- 그 분 어떤 것 같습니까? (formal; more honourific by '스-')

- 그 사람 어땠니? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 그 사람 어땠냐? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 그 사람 어땠어? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 그 사람 어땠는가? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 그 사람 어땠는데? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 그 사람 어땠는지? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 그 분 어땠어요? (honourific by '-요')
- 그 분 어땠는가요? (honourific by '-요')
- 그 분 어땠는데요? (honourific by '-요')
- 그 분 어떠셨어요? (more honourific by '시-')
- 그 분 어떠셨는가요? (more honourific by '시-')
- 그 분 어떠셨는지요? (more honourific by '시-')
- 그 분 어땠습니까? (more honourific by '시-')

[explanations]
* 너 : you (non-honourific word)
* 언니 : a woman is a little older than you
* -는 : a particle makes 너 / 언니 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 넌 : a short form of 너는
* 언닌 : a short form of 언니는

* 그 : that

* 사람 : human being; person (non-honourific word)
* 분 : human being; person (honourific word)
* -이 : a particle makes 사람 / 분 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 어떻다 = 어떠하다 : a short form of 어떠하다(be how)
* 어땠다 = 어떠했다 : past tense of 어떻다 / 어떠하다 by '-었-'

* 어떤 : (1) what; which (2) how <--- 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before ㄴ) + -ㄴ(a suffix makes a verb attributive)
(1) what, which
- 어떤 음식을 좋아하세요? : What kind of food do you like?  
(2) how
- 나는 그가 어떤 기분일지 잘 알고 있다 : I know quite well how he must feel. 
(3) some, certain, (slng) this
- 간밤에 어떤 이상한 남자를 만났다 : I met this weird guy last night.  
(4) any
- 어떤 상황에서도 거짓말을 해서는 안 된다 : You must not tell a lie under any circumstances. 

* 거 / 것 : thing

* 같다 : (1) be the same (2) seem; look; be likely (to)
* ~ㄹ[을/를] 것 같다 : [...으로 추측되다] seem; appear; look; likely; be likely (to)

* 어떤 것 같다 = 어떤 거 같다 : I think that it's like ~

* 같습니까? : 같(the stem of 같다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix)

* 어땠는데? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 었) + -었(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -는데/-ㄴ데?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix used to ask the listener while anticipating his/her answer)

* 어떠셨어요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 어) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -어?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 어떠셨는가요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 어) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -는가?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 어떠셨는지요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 어) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -였(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -는지?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 어떴습니까? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 어) + -었(a suffix makes a verb past tense) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -니? / -냐? / -아? / -어? / -는지? / -는가? / -는데 : a non-honourific interrogative  verb ending suffix
* a verb + -나? / -아? / -어? / -는지? / -는가? / -는데 +  -요 : an honourific ending suffix
* a verb + -습니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix by ‘시-‘ / '-스' / ‘-ㅂ’ / ‘-요’

* 괜찮은 : [Pronunciation: 괜찬은] fine; good; nice; okay
* 괜찮다 : [Pronunciation: 괜찬타] be fine; be nice; be okay

* -ㄴ/-은/-는 거 같다 = -ㄴ/-은/-는 것 같다 : I guess that ~

* 같은데 : 같(the stem of 같다) + -ㄴ데/-는데(A connective ending used to talk in advance about a situation to follow)

* 잘 : well

* 모르다 : don't know
* 모른다 : present form of 모르다 by '-ㄴ'
* 모르겠어 : 모르(the stem of 모르다) + -겠(one's conjecture) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 한 : one
* 번 : a unit counts number
* 한 번 : one time

* 만나다 : meet
* 만났다 : past tense of 만나다 by '-았-'
* 한 번 만나다 : meet once; be just our first meeting; be just our first date

* 만났는데 : 만났(the stem of 만났다) + -ㄴ데/-는데(A connective ending used to talk in advance about a situation to follow)

* 뭘 : a short form of 무엇을; this word is an exclamation used as a humble response to someone's praise or gratitude for something, indicating that the person should think nothing of it

* 무엇 : what
* -을 : a particle makes 무엇 objective after a word ends in a consonant

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