그녀에게 청혼했어요 : I proposed to her: I asked her to marry me: I asked for her hand in marriage; I asked her to be my wife; I popped the question
* 오랜 만남을 지속해 온 사람에게 마침내 청혼하다(finally propose to a person who has met for a long time) : pop the question
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A. 너 여자 친구하고 어떻게 돼 가는 거야? : What’s happening between you and your girlfriend?
B. 드디어 청혼을 했어 : I finally proposed to her
A. 축하해 : Congratulations!
[other expressions]
- 그녀에게 청혼했다. (to younger people or friends)
- 그녀에게 청혼했네. (to younger people or friends)
- 그녀에게 청혼했어. (to younger people or friends)
- 그녀에게 청혼했네요. (honourific by '요')
- 그녀에게 청혼했어요. (honourific by '요')
- 그녀에게 청혼했습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')
[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific word)
* 저 : I (honourific word)
* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; it is natural to omit these
* 그녀 : she <-- 그(that) + 녀/여(a woman; a female)
* -한테 / -에게 : to
* 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
* 청혼했습니다 : 청혼했(the stem of 청혼했다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)
* a verb + -어 / -네 / - 다 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -어 / -네 + -요 : honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스-' / '-ㅂ'
* 오랜 : long, old, long-time
- 오랜 친구 : an old friend
- 오랜 기간 / 오랜 시간 : a long time
* 오래다 : be a long time
- 오래이다 : It's been a long time
* 만나다 : meet
* 만남 : a noun form of 만나다 by '-ㅁ'
* -을 : a particle makes 만남 objective after a word ends in a consonant
* 지속 : [持續] continuance; continuation; maintenance
- 지속적(인) : lasting / continuous / sustaining
* 지속하다 = 지속을 하다 = 지속되다 : [=지탱하다] maintain; sustain; support; keep up; [=계속하다] continue; last; remain; [=견디다] endure; hold[stand] out
- 전쟁을 지속하다 : keep up[continue] a war
- 평화로운 상태가 얼마 동안 지속됐다 : Peace lasted for a while
- 이 좋은 날씨가 지속될 것으로 보인다 : It looks at if [looks like] this good weather will hold
* 지속해 : 지속하(the stem of 지속하다; 하 + -어 contracted inter 해) + -어(a connection suffix between two verbs)
* 오다 : come
* 지속해 오다 : keep ...ing; go on
* 온 : past tense or present perfect form of 오다 by '-ㄴ'
* 사람 : human being; person (non-honourific word)
* 분 : human being; person (honourific word)
* -한테 / -에게 : to
* 마침내 : finally <-- 마침(completion) + -내(‘그때까지’의 뜻을 더하고 부사로 만드는 접미사 : A suffix that means "till then" and makes the word an adverb)
* 마치다 : end, finish (off), close, complete, wind up, (informal) wrap up
* 마침 : a noun form of 마치다 by '-ㅁ'
* 드디어 : finally, eventually, at (long) last, (literary) at length
- 드디어 해내셨군요. 축하합니다! : You finally did it. Congratulations!
* 축하 : [祝賀] a celebration; congratulations; felicitations; rejoicings; festivities; (congratulatory) greetings
- 마을 사람들은 해마다 이 날이면 축하 행사를 한다 : Every year the villagers observe a festival on this day
- 나는 자그마한 축하의 표시로 그에게 (접는) 부채를 선사했다 : As a small token of my congratulations, I gave him a (folding) fan
* 축하하다 : congratulate ; celebrate ; commemorate ; greet
- …을 축하하여 : in celebration[commemoration] of ‥ / for ‥
- 생일을 축하하여 : in celebration of a person's birthday
- 신축을 축하하여 : to celebrate the completion of one's[a person's] new house
- 결혼을 축하합니다 : I congratulate you on your marriage. / I wish you every happiness
- 사진 콘테스트에서 1등하신 것을 진심으로 축하합니다 : I heartily congratulate you on winning first prize in the photo contest. / I offer[extend] my hearty congratulations on your winning first prize in the photo contest
- 부모님의 금혼식을 축하하는 만찬회를 열었다 : We gave a dinner to celebrate our parents' golden wedding anniversary
- 새해를 축하합니다 : (A) Happy New Year!
- 생일(을) 축하합니다 : Happy Birthday! / Congratulations on your birthday.
* 축하해 : 축하하(the stem of 축하하다); 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
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