Let's learn about "결혼 생활은 어때요?"

결혼 생활은 어때요? : How’s the married life?; What’s it like to be married?; So how does it feel to be married?

ex)

A. 결혼 생활은 어때요? : How’s the married life?

B. 좋아요. 왜 진작 결혼하지 않았는지 모르겠다니까요 : It’s great. I don’t know why I didn’t get married earlier

[other expressions]

- 결혼 생활은 어떠니? (to the younger people or friendly)

- 결혼 생활은 어떠냐? (to the younger people or friendly)

- 결혼 생활은 어때? (to the younger people or friendly)

- 결혼 생활은 어떤가? (to the younger people or friendly)

- 결혼 생활은 어때요? (honourific by '-요')

- 결혼 생활은 어떤가요? (honourific by '-요')

- 결혼 생활은 어떠세요? (more honourific by '시-')

- 결혼 생활은 어떠셔요? (more honourific by '시-')

- 결혼 생활은 어떠십니까? (more honourific by '시-')

[explanations]

* 너 : you (non-honourific word)

* 언니 : a woman is a little older than you

* -의 : a particle makes 너 / 언니 possesive; this omitted

* 너의 : your

* 언니의 : sister's

* 결혼 : [結婚] (a) marriage

* 결혼하다 : get married; marry

* 결혼했다 : past tense of 결혼했다 by '-었-'

* 생활 : [生活] [=살아 나감] life; existence; [=생계] livelihood; living; subsistence

- 안정적인 생활을 하다 : live a stable life

- 개인 생활 : personal life

- 결혼 생활 : married life

- 공동 생활 : community life

- 군 생활

military life / life in the military

- 도시 생활 : city life

- 독신 생활 : single life

- 사회 생활 : social life

- 성 생활 : sex life

- 시골 생활 : country[village] life

- 이중 생활 : dual[double] life

- 일상 생활 : everyday life

- 직장 생활 : work life

- 학교 생활 : student[school] life

* 결혼 생활 : a married life

* -은 : a particle makes 결혼 생활 subjective after a word ends in a consonant; this can replaced by '-은'

* 어떻다 : a short form of 어떠하다(be how)


* 어때? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 어) + -어?(a non-honourific interrogative  verb ending suffix)

* 어떠세요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 어) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 어떠셔요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 어) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -여?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 어떠십니까? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ erased before 어) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix) 


* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -어? / -지? / -는지? / -는가? / -ㄴ가? : a non-honourific interrogative  verb ending suffix

* a verb + -나? / -어? / -지? / -는지? / -는가? / -ㄴ가? +  -요 : an honourific ending suffix

* a verb + -세요? / -셔요? / -십니까? / -ㅂ니까? / -시는가요? / -시는지요? : an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix by ‘시-‘ / ‘-ㅂ’ / ‘-요’

* 좋은 : good; great

* (-이/-가) 좋다 : [Pronunciation: 조타] be good; be great

* 좋아요 : 좋(the stem of 좋다) + -아(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 왜 : why

* 진작 : [=좀더 일찍·그 때에] then and there; on the spot; at once; on that occasion; [=벌써] earlier

* 결혼 : [結婚] (a) marriage

* 결혼하다 : get married; marry

* 결혼하지 : 결혼하(the stem of 결혼하다) + -지(a connection suffix is used before an interrogative word)

* 않다 : [Pronunciation: 안타] be not; never

* 않는다 : present form of 않다 by '-는-'

* 않았다 : past tense of 않다 by '-았-'

* 결혼하지 않다 : never get married

* 않았는지 : 않았(the stem of 않았다) + -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)

* 모르겠다니까요 : : 모르(the stem of 모르다) + -겠(the speaker's conjecture) + -다니까(a non-honourific verb ending suffix used when the speaker emphasizes his/her remark while reconfirming what was said earlier) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)