2023-09-22

Let's learn about "이 음식점은 항상 만원이에요"

이 음식점은 항상 만원이에요 = 여긴 항상 만원이에요 : This restaurant is always crowded; It’s always full; The restaurant is always overflowing with people; This place is always packed

[other expressions]
- 이 음식점은 항상 만원이다. (to younger people or friends)
- 이 음식점은 항상 만원이네. (to younger people or friends)
- 이 음식점은 항상 만원이야. (to younger people or friends)
- 이 음식점은 항상 만원이네요. (honourific by '요')
- 이 음식점은 항상 만원이에요. (honourific by '요')
- 이 음식점은 항상 만원입니다. (formal; honourific by 'ㅂ')

- 여긴 항상 만원이다. (to younger people or friends)
- 여긴 항상 만원이네. (to younger people or friends)
- 여긴 항상 만원이야. (to younger people or friends)
- 여긴 항상 만원이네요. (honourific by '요')
- 여긴 항상 만원이에요. (honourific by '요')
- 여긴 항상 만원입니다. (formal; honourific by 'ㅂ')

[explanations]
* 이 : this

* 음식 : [飮食] (a) food; a diet; a table; a meal; food and drink; refreshments
* 음식점 : [飮食店] [=식당] chop house, eating house, restaurant <-- 음식(food) + 점(shop)

* -은 : a particle makes 음식점 subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 여긴 : a short form of 여기는
* 여기 : here; this indicates 이 음식점
* -는 : a particle makes 여기 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 항상 : [恒常] =늘

• 항상 is a Hanja Korean word
• 늘 is a native Korean word

- 그는 항상 바쁘다고 말하고 있다 : He always says he is busy
-  항상 아껴주셔서 감사합니다 : Thank you very much for your constant patronage
- 그는 항상 자식 자랑을 한다 : He always boasts about his son

* 만원 : [滿員] no vacancy; a full[capacity] house;  congestion
- 만원의 청중 : a full audience / a capacity crowd
- 만원 버스 : a jam-packed bus
- 자리는 만원입니다 : All the seats are taken[sold out]. / There are no seat left
- 호텔은 만원이었다 : There was no room[vacancy] at the hotel
- 열차는 초만원이었다 : The train was crowded beyond capacity[jammed full]
- 극장은 만원이다 : The theater is filled to capacity. / All the seats in the theater are occupied. / The theater is full[packed].
- 만원 사례 : [극장의 게시(theatre's notice)] Full House / [열차 등의 게시(train's notice etc)] Car Full
- 그 연극은 만원의 대성황이었다 : The play drew a full house
- 만원 관객 : a capacity[sellout] audience[crowd]
- 만원 팻말 : a sold-out[fill-up] notice; a full-house notice;  an SRO sign

* 입석뿐 : SRO (standing room only)

* 이다 : be; have

* 입니다 : 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -(이)다 / -(이)네 / -(이)야 : a non-honourific descriptive form of 이다
* a verb + -(이)네 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -이에요 / -예요 / -입니다 : an honourific descriptive form of 이다 by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ'

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