지금 그와 결혼해야 하는 건지 모르겠어요 :I don’t know whether or not I should marry him
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A. 청혼을 받아들인다고 말했어? : So did you say yes to his proposal?
B. 지금 그와 결혼해야 하는 건지 모르겠어요 : I don’t know whether or not I should marry him right now.
A. 그는 멋진 남자야. 그렇지만 중대한 결정이니까 여유를 가지고 생각해 봐 : He is a great guy. But it’s a big decision, so take your time
[other expressions]
- 지금 그와 결혼해야 하는 건지 모르겠다. (to the younger people or friends)
- 지금 그와 결혼해야 하는 건지 모르겠네. (to the younger people or friends)
- 지금 그와 결혼해야 하는 건지 모르겠어. (to the younger people or friends)
- 지금 그와 결혼해야 하는 건지 모르겠군! (to the younger people or friends)
- 지금 그와 결혼해야 하는 건지 모르겠구나! (to the younger people or friends)
- 지금 그와 결혼해야 하는 건지 모르겠네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 지금 그와 결혼해야 하는 건지 모르겠어요. (honourific by '-요')
- 지금 그와 결혼해야 하는 건지 모르겠군요! (honourific by '-요')
- 지금 그와 결혼해야 하는 건지 모르겠습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스-')
[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific word to younger people or friends)
* 저 : I (honourific word to the elderly)
* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; when this omitted, the sentence is more natural
* 난 : a short form of 나는; this omitted
* 전 : a short form of 저는; this omitted
* 그 : (1) that (3) he; him
* 사람 : human being; person (non-honourific word)
* 분 : human being; person (honourific word)
* 그 사람 / 그 분 : (1) he; she (2) him; her
* -과 / -이랑 : and; with (this used after a word ends in a consonant)
* -와 / -랑 : and; with (this used after a word ends in a vowel)
* 그와 / 그랑 / 그 사람과 / 그 분과 / 그 사람이랑 / 그 분이랑 : with him or her
* 결혼 : [結婚] (a) marriage
* 결혼하다 : get married; marry
* 결혼해야 : 결혼하(the stem of 결혼하다: 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어야/-아야/-여야(have to; A connective ending used when the preceding statement is an essential condition for the following statement)
* 하다 : do
* -어야 하다 / -아야 하다 / -여야 하다 : have to do
* 하는지 : 하(the stem of 하다) + -는지/-ㄴ지(A connective ending used to indicate an ambiguous reason or judgment about the following statement)
* 모르다 : [ㄹ 불규칙] don't know
* 모른다 : present tense of 모르다 by '-ㄴ'
* -는지 모르겠다 / -ㄴ지 모르겠다 : I don't know whether ~
* 모르겠다 : 모르(the stem of 모르다) + -겠(the speaker's conjecture) + -다(a non-honouricic bssic verb ending suffix)
* 모르겠습니다 : : 모르(the stem of 모르다) + -겠(the speaker's conjecture) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ')
* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 : a non-honourifc descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -군! / -구나! : a non-honourifc exclamatory verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 / -어 / -군! + -요 : an honouricic ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스-' / '-ㅂ'
* 청혼 : [請婚] a proposal[an offer] of marriage ; courtship; addresses
- 청혼을 승낙하다 : accept proposal of marriage / give one's hand
- 청혼을 거절하다 : decline proposal of marriage
* 청혼하다 = 청혼을 하다 : propose (marriage) ; make an offer of marriage to ; court; ask[sue] for hand; pay one's addresses to
* 청혼했다 : past tense of 청혼하다 by '-었-'
- 정씨 집에 청혼하다 : propose to the Chong family
- 돈을 노리고 청혼하다 : seek hand in marriage for money
- 그는 그녀에게 청혼했다 : He proposed (marriage) to her
- 아직까지 그녀에게 청혼하는 사람이 없었다 : No man has asked for her hand
* -을 : a particle makes 청혼 objective after a word ends in a consonant
* 받다 : [Pronunciation: 받따] recieve
* 받아들이다 : [=영수하다] accept; receive; [=동의하다] assent[agree / consent] to; [=들어주다] grant ; listen to; comply with; [=승인하다] accept ; [=따르다] follow [take] ; [=포용하다] tolerate; comprehend; [=도입하다] introduce; [=채택하다] adopt <-- 받(the stem of 받다) + -아(a connection suffix between two verbs means "and then") + 들이다(let[allow] in; admit)
* 받아들인다고 : 받가들이(the stem of 받아들이다) + -다고(A sentence-final ending used to emphatically state the speaker's thoughts or argument to the listener)
* 말하다 = 말을 하다 : say; speak; tell
* 말했다 : past tense of 말하다 by '-었-'
* 말했어? : 말했(the stem of 말했다) + -어?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 지금 : now
* 그 : (1) that (2) he; him
* -는 : a particle makes 그 subjective a word ends in a vowel
* 멋진 : splendid, wonderful, excellent, marvelous; grand, elegant, magnificent
* 멋지다 : be splendid, be wonderful, be excellent, be marvelous; be grand, be elegant, be magnificent
* 멋지게 : an adverb form of 멋지다 by '-게'
* 남자 : [男子] [=사내] a man ; man; a male (sex); a gentleman
- 남자의 : male
* 여자 : [女子] [=여성] a woman ; [=부인] a lady; [=미혼의 젊은 여성] a girl
- 여자의 : female
* 여자야 : 여자 + 이(the stem of 이다; this omitted) + -야(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix after a noun ends in a vowel)
* -야 : a vocative suffix attached to a noun that ends in a vowel and used to call a subordinate, animal, or object
- 모마스야 : Hey, Thomas
* 그렇지만 : but; however
* 중대 : [重大] importance; gravity; seriousness; magnitude
- 인생의 중대 문제 : vital problems of life
* 중대한 : important; serious; grave; of great[vital] importance
- 중대한 문제 : an important problem / a serious[vital] question / a grave issue[subject]
- 중대한 과실 : gross negligence / a gross mistake / a vital error
- 중대한 사태 :a grave situation
* 중대하다 : be important; be serious; be grave; be of great[vital] importance
* 중대시하다 = 중대하게 여기다 = 중대하게 생각하다 = 중대하게 보다 : take seriously / take a serious view of
* 결정 : [決定] (a) decision; [=결의] (a) determination; [=결론] (a) conclusion; [=해결] (a) settlement
- …에 관해 결정을 내리다 : make a decision over[about]
- 결정을 연기하다 : put off[postpone] one's decision
- 결정을 서두르다 : hurry in reaching a decision
* 결정하다 : decide ; determine; set; fix; [=결론을 내리다] conclude; [=결심하다] resolve; determine; [=판정하다] judge
- 날짜를 결정하다 fix[set] the date
- 학교[직업]를 결정하다 decide on one's school[profession]
- 방침을 결정하다 decide on one's policy[a course of action]
- 태도를 결정하다 determine one's attitude
- 나는 가기로 결정했습니다 I have decided to go
- 그것은 세계의 장래를 결정하는 전투였다 It was a battle that decides the future of the world
- 그들은 소풍 날짜를 10월 6일로 결정했다 They decided on[set fixed on] the sixth of October as the date of the excursion
* 결정되다 = 결정이 되다 : be determined; be concluded; be judged
- 아직 어느 쪽으로도 결정되지 않은 상태다 hang[be] in the scale[balance]
- 내 후임자가 결정되었다 My successor was chosen[decided on]
- 그분의 한마디로 내 진로가 결정되었다 That remark of his determined my course in life
- 선거 유세 일정이 결정되었다 The campaign schedule was set up[was fixed]
* -이다 : be
* 결정이니까 : 결정 + -이(the stem of 이다) + -니까(because of; because)
* 여유 : [餘裕] (1) room; space; time (to spare); a margin; allowance; [=넉넉함] something extra (2) [=침착성] composure; placidity; one's presence of mind; calmness
* -를 : a particle makes 여유 objective after a word ends in a vowel
* 가지다 : have; take; own; possess
* 여유를 가지다 : have some leeway; have some spare
* 가지고 : 가지(the stem of 가지다) + -고(and)
* 생각 : thought
* 생각하다 : think; consider
* 생각해(the stem of 생각하다) + -어(a connection suffix between two verbs)
* 보다 : (1) see; look; watch (2) try
* -어 보다 / -여 보다 / -아 보다 : try to do
* 봐 : 보(the stem of 보다; 보 + -아 contracted into 봐) + -아(a non-honourific propositive or imperative verb ending suffix)
* 생각해 봐 : Do think ~ ; Take your time to think
