2023-07-04

Let's learn about "전화해도 되죠?"

전화해도 되죠? : Can I call you sometime?; Would you mind if I called you?

[other expressions]
- 전화해도 되니? (to younger people or friends)
- 전화해도 되나? (to younger people or friends)
- 전화해도 되지? (to younger people or friends)
- 전화해도 되냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 전화해도 돼? (to younger people or friends)
- 전화해도 되는가? (to younger people or friends)
- 전화해도 되나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 전화해도 되지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 전화해도 되죠? (honourific by ‘-요’; -죠 is a short form of -지요)
- 전화해도 돼요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 전화해도 되는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 전화해도 됩니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘-스’)

[explanations]
* 내 : I (non-honourific word)
* 제 : I (honourific word)
* -가 : a particle makes 내 / 제 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel
* 내가 / 제가 : this omitted

* 전화 : [電話] a telephone; a phone; a phone call;  a ring; a cell phone; a mobile phone
* 전화를 하다 = 전화하다 = 전화를 걸다 = 전화걸다 : make a phone call; give somene a call; ring a call

* 전화해도 : a short form of 전화하여도
* 전화하여도 : 전화하(the stem of 전화하다) + -여도/-어도/-아도(A connective ending used when assuming or recognizing the truth of the preceding statement, although it is not related to or does not influence the following statement)

* 되다 : (1) become (2) can; be capable of; be able to do (3) [In interrogative with -이 / -가 / -여도 / -어도 / -아도] Could ~;  Can ~

* -여도/-어도/-아도 되다 : An expression used to indicate that a certain act is allowed or accepted; these means "someone is permitted to do; someone can do

* 돼? : 되(the stem of 되다) + -어?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 됩니까? ? : 되(the stem of 되다) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -어? / -는가? / -지? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix
* a verb + -나? / -어? / -는가? / -지? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -ㅂ니까? : an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’

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