2023-07-02

Let's learn about "조금 더 있다 가면 안 돼요?"

조금 더 있다 가면 안 돼요? : Can’t you stay just a little bit longer?; I want you to stay a little longer; I don’t want you to leave so soon; Please don’t leave so soon.

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A. 늦었네요. 가야겠어요 : It’s getting late. I’d better go.

B. 그렇게 빨리요? 조금 더 있다 가면 안 돼요? : So soon? Can’t you stay just a little bit longer?

[other expressions]
- 조금 더 있다 가면 안 되니? (to younger people or friends)
- 조금 더 있다 가면 안 되나? (to younger people or friends)
- 조금 더 있다 가면 안 되냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 조금 더 있다 가면 안 돼? (to younger people or friends)
- 조금 더 있다 가면 안 되는가? (to younger people or friends)
- 조금 더 있다 가면 안 되나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 조금 더 있다 가면 안 돼요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 조금 더 있다 가면 안 되는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 조금 더 있다 가면 안 됩니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘-스’)

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

* 더 : more

* 있다 : [Pronunciation: 읻따] (1) be; exist (2) stay or wait  in the sentence

* 있다 : a short form of 있다가
* 있다가 : 있(the stem of 있다) + -다가(A connective ending used when an action or state, etc., is stopped and changed to another action or state; A connective ending used when something happens while a certain act is ongoing)

* 좀 더 있다(가) : After waiting a while

* 가다 : go
* 가면 : 가(the stem of 가다) + -면(if)

* 안 : this is equal to "not" in English

* 되다 : (1) become (2) [In interrogative with -이 / -가] Could ~;  Can ~

* 안 되나? : Can't you ~ ?

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

* 늦은 : [Pronunciation: 느즌] late
* 늦다 : [Pronunciation: 늗따]  be late
* 늦었다 : past tense of 늦다 by '-었-'
* 늦었네요 : 늦었(the stem of 늦었다) + -네(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 가다 : go
* 가야겠어요 : 가(the stem of 가다; 가 + -아 contracted into 가) + -아야/-어야(have to; should) + -겠(one's will) + -어(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* -아야겠어요 / -어야겠어요 : I'd better do ~

* 그렇게 : [Pronunciation: 그러케] a short form of 그러하게
* 그러하게 : (1) [=매우•아주•엄청] so; so much; that much; [=그처럼] like that; that way; in that manner; [=특별하게] particularly; (not) very

* 빨리 : (1) [=신속히] quickly; fast; swiftly; rapidly; hastily; in haste; [=기민하게] quickly; promptly (2) [=일찍] early; [=곧] soon; immediately; instantly; at once; without delay
- 빨리 해라 : (Be) quick! / Hurry up! / Make haste
- 빨리 대답을 해라 : Answer promptly. / Give me a prompt answer
- 좀 빨리 걸어 주세요 : Please walk quickly
- 될 수 있는 대로 빨리 : as soon as one can / as soon as possible
- (예정 시간보다) 5분 빨리 닿다 : arrive at five minutes ahead of time
- 우리는 너무 빨리 왔다 : We arrived too early
- 시험 결과를 빨리 알고 싶다 : I am anxious to know the result of the examination
- 될 수 있는 대로 빨리 대답해 주십시오 : Please give me your answer as soon as possible. / Please answer at your earliest convenience

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