2023-08-22

Let's learn about "우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 걸까요?"

우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 걸까요? : Where did we go wrong?; What happened to us?; How did we get here?

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A. 우리는 어디서부터 잘못된 걸까? : Where did we go wrong?

B. 애초 시작부터 잘못된 것 같아 : I think it all started from the very beginning

[other expressions]
- 우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 거니? (to younger people or friends)
- 우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 거냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 거야? (to younger people or friends)
- 우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 거지? (to younger people or friends)
- 우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 건가? (to younger people or friends)
- 저희가 어디서부터 잘못된 거예요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저희가 어디서부터 잘못된 거지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저희가 어디서부터 잘못된 거죠? (honourific by ‘-요’; -죠 is a short form of -지요?)
- 저희가 어디서부터 잘못된 건가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저희가 어디서부터 잘못된 겁니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

- 우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 것이니? (to younger people or friends)
- 우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 것이냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 것이야? (to younger people or friends)
- 우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 것이지? (to younger people or friends)
- 우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 것인가? (to younger people or friends)
- 저희가 어디서부터 잘못된 것이에요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저희가 어디서부터 잘못된 것이지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저희가 어디서부터 잘못된 것이죠? (honourific by ‘-요’; -죠 is a short form of -지요?)
- 저희가 어디서부터 잘못된 것인가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 저희가 어디서부터 잘못된 것입니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘-ㅅ’)

- 우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 걸까? (to younger people or friends)
- 저희가 어디서부터 잘못된 걸까요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 우리가 어디서부터 잘못된 것일까? (to younger people or friends)
- 저희가 어디서부터 잘못된 것일까요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

[explanations]
* 우리 : we (non-honourific word)
* 저희 : we (honourific word)
* -가 : a particle makes 우리 / 저희 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 어디 : where
* -서부터 : from (where)
* 어디서부터 : from where

* 잘못 : (1) [=과실] a fault; an error; a misstep; a slip; [=오류] a mistake; [=죄과] a blame
- 큰[작은] 잘못 : a gross[slight / minor] error
- 잘못을 깨닫다 : notice a mistake[an error]
- 잘못을 인정하다 : admit[acknowledge] a mistake
- 자기 잘못을 깨닫다 : realize[see / perceive] one's error
- 네 작문에는 잘못이 많다 : Your composition has a lot of[is full of] mistakes

* 잘못하다 = 잘못을 하다 = 잘못을 저지르다 = = : make a mistake / err; mistake; commit an error

* 저지르다 : commit; sin; make ; do
* 저질렀다 : past tense of 저지르다 by '-었-'
- 죄를 저지르다 :  sin / commit a crime
- 일을 저지르다 : cause trouble[a disturbance] / spoil a program
- 그는 온갖 범죄를 저질렀다 : He committed many kinds of crimes
- 그가 도대체 무슨 일을 저질렀지? : What on earth did he do?
- 그는 어처구니없는 실수를 저질렀다 : He made [committed] an awful blunder
- 그는 무슨 큰 범죄를 저지른 것 같다 : He seems to have committed some major[serious] crime
- 나는 돌이킬 수 없는 잘못을 저지르고 말았다 I have made an irreparable mistake. 

* 잘못했다 : past tense of 잘못하다 by '-었-'
* 잘못하셨다 : an honourific form of 잘못했다 by '시-'

* 잘못되다 : go wrong

* 잘못된 : past tense of 잘못되다 by '-ㄴ'

* 거 : a short form of 것(thing)
* 이다 : be

* 잘못된 거 / 잘못된 것 : the wrong thing

* 거니? : a short form of 것이니?
* 거냐? : a short form of 것이냐?
* 거야? : a short form of 것이야?
* 거지? : a short form of 것이지?
* 건가? : a short form of 것인가?
* 거지요? : a short form of 것이지요?
* 거죠? : a short form of 것이죠?
* 건가요? : a short form of 것인가요?
* 거예요? : a short form of 것이에요?
* 겁니까? : a short form of 것입니까?

* 걸까? : a short form of 것일까?
* 걸까요? : a short form of 것일까요?

* 건가? / 것인가? : 것 + 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㄴ가?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 겁니까? / 것입니까?: 것 + 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* 걸까? / 것일까? : 것 + 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㄹ까?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix; ㄹ indicates one's future conjecture)

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

* 애초 : [애初] [=맨처음•당초] the very first; the beginning; the outset[start]; the commencement <-- 애(아기: baby) + 초(beginning)
- 애초의 : first / primary / initial / original
- 애초의 계획 : the original plan[intention]
- 애초의 목적 : primary object
- 그는 애초부터 나를 무시했다 : He ignored me from the beginning[start]
- 마이크가 고장이 나서 애초부터 그의 연설은 망쳐 버렸다 : The start of his speech was spoiled by a faulty microphone
- 애초에는 그것이 무엇인지 몰랐었다 : At first I didn't know what it was
- 애초부터 우리는 불공평하게 대우받았다 : Right from the beginning[From the very beginning] we've been unfairly treated

* 시작 : [始作] [=개시·착수] the beginning; the start; the opening; the commencement; the outset

* 부터 : from

* 같다 : (1) be equal to (2) look like; I think that ~ (in the sentence)

* 같아 : 같(the stem of 같다) + -아(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

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