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우린 처음부터 죽이 잘 맞았어 / 우린 처음부터 잘 통했어 / 우린 처음부터 케미가 좋았어 : We hit it off right away; There is a certain chemistry between us

* 공통점, 궁합이 잘 맞음 : chemistry

[other expressions]

- 우린 처음부터 죽이 잘 맞았다. (to younger people or friends)

- 우린 처음부터 죽이 잘 맞았네. (to younger people or friends)

- 우린 처음부터 죽이 잘 맞았어. (to younger people or friends)

- 저흰 처음부터 죽이 잘 맞았네요. (honourific by '-요')

- 저흰 처음부터 죽이 잘 맞았어요. (honourific by '-요')

- 저흰 처음부터 죽이 잘 맞았습니다.. (formal; more honourific by '스')

- 우린 처음부터 잘 통했다. (to younger people or friends)

- 우린 처음부터 잘 통했네. (to younger people or friends)

- 우린 처음부터 잘 통했어. (to younger people or friends)

- 저흰 처음부터 잘 통했네요. (honourific by '-요')

- 저흰 처음부터 잘 통했어요. (honourific by '-요')

- 저흰 처음부터 잘 통했습니다.. (formal; more honourific by '스')

- 우린 처음부터 케미가 좋았다. (to younger people or friends)

- 우린 처음부터 케미가 좋았네. (to younger people or friends)

- 우린 처음부터 케미가 좋았어. (to younger people or friends)

- 저흰 처음부터 케미가 좋았네요. (honourific by '-요')

- 저흰 처음부터 케미가 좋았어요. (honourific by '-요')

- 저흰 처음부터 케미가 좋았습니다.. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]

* 우리 : we (non-honourific word)

* 저희 : we (honourific word)

* -는 : a particle makes 우리 / 저희 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 우린 : a short form of 우리는

* 저흰 : a short form of 저희는

* 처음 : beginning, start; first

- 언제 그를 처음 만났습니까? : When did you first meet him?

* 처음부터 : from the beginning[ outset]

* 죽 : [竹] bamboo

* 죽 : (1) (rice) porridge; (rice) gruel; (informal) pap; hot cereal

- 죽을 끓이다 : cook hot cereal

- 겨우 죽이나 먹고살다 : live on a crust

- 죽을 마시다 : eat[sip] rice porridge

- 식은죽먹기 : A piece of cake

- 식은 죽 먹기다 : No sweat

- 그것은 식은 죽(을) 먹기다 : That's nothing. / Nothing is easier. / That's very easy. / It's mere child's play

* -이 : a particle makes 죽 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 잘 : well

* 맞다 : (1) [=옳다] be right, be correct (2) 

[=예감·추측 등이 들어맞다] be right, prove right, come true (3) [=일치하다] be consistent (with), correspond (with), tally (with), coincide (with)

* (우리 둘은) 죽이 잘 맞는다 : The two of us click really well

* 맞는다 : present tense of 맞다 by '-는'

* 맞았다 : past tense of 맞다 by '-았-'

* 맞았습니다 : 맞았(the stem of 맞았다) + -스(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 통하다 : (1) [바람·피·전기 등이] go through, flow through; [기체·액체 등이] circulate; [공기] ventilate; [전기] conduct (2) [길·도로 등이] lead (to/into), open onto, give onto (3) [마음·뜻 등이] agree with; understand each other; be on the same page[language]; be on the same wavelength

* 통한다 : present tense of 통하다 by '-ㄴ'

* 통했다 : past tense of 통하다 by '-었-'

*통했습니다 : 통했(the stem of 통했다) + -스(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 케미 : chemistry

* -가 : a particle makes 케미 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 좋은 : (1) good (2) nice

* 좋다 : [Pronunciation: 조타] a verb form of 좋은

* 좋았다 : past tense of 좋다 by '-았-'

* 좋았습니다 : 좋았(the stem of 좋았다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

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

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

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