Let's learn about "자주[늘] 싸웠어요"

자주[늘] 싸웠어요 = 자주[늘] 말다툼했어요 : We argued a lot: We frequently argued: We never got along very well; We quarreled frequently; We argued all the time.

* 사이좋게 지내다 : get along

ex)

A. 우린 자주 싸웠어 :  We frequently argued.

B. 무슨 일로? / 뭣 땜에? :  What about?

A. 항상 사소한 것에서부터 시작했지 : It always started off with small things

[other expressions]

- 자주[늘] 싸웠다. (to younger people or friends)

- 자주[늘] 싸웠네. (to younger people or friends)

- 자주[늘] 싸웠어. (to younger people or friends)

- 자주[늘] 싸웠네요. (honourific by '-요')

- 자주[늘] 싸웠어요. (honourific by '-요')

- 자주[늘] 싸웠습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

- 자주[늘] 말다툼했다. (to younger people or friends)

- 자주[늘] 말다툼했네. (to younger people or friends)

- 자주[늘] 말다툼했어. (to younger people or friends)

- 자주[늘] 말다툼했네요. (honourific by '-요')

- 자주[늘] 말다툼했어요. (honourific by '-요')

- 자주[늘] 말다툼했습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]

* 우린 : a short form of 우리는; this omitted

* 저흰 : a short form of 저희는: this omitted

* 우리 : we (non-honourific word)

* 저희 : we (honourific word)

* -는 : a particle makes 우리 / 저희 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 자주 : frequently; often; [=여러 번 반복하여] repeatedly; [=여러 번 잦게] many times

* 늘 : [어느 때나·항상] always; all the time; usually; habitually; ceaselessly; continuously

* 싸우다 : (1) fight; [=논쟁하다] dispute; argue; have a dispute[an argument]; [=말다툼하다] quarrel; wrangle; exchange[have] words; [=사이가 틀어지다] disagree ; fall out (2) [=전쟁을 하다] make war ; [=전투를 하다] fight; do battle (3) [=경쟁하다] contend

* 싸움 : a noun form of 싸우다 by '-ㅁ'

* 싸웠다 : past tense of 싸우다 by '-었-'

* 말 : a word

* 다투다 : argue; quarrel

* 다툼 : a noun form of 다투다 by '-ㅁ'

* 말다툼 : [=말싸움] (verbal) quarrel

* 말다툼하다 / 말싸움하다 : quarrel ; have a quarrel [dispute] ; dispute [argue] ; have (angry / high / hot / warm / sharp) words ; altercate; bicker; wrangle

* 말다툼했다 : past tense of 말다툼하다 by '-었-'

* 말싸움했다 : past tense of 말싸움하다 by '-었-'

* 말다툼했습니다 : 말다툼했(the stem of 말다툼했다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ')

* a verb + -ㄴ다 / -네 / -어 / -아 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -어 / -아 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스-' / '-ㅂ’

* 뭔  :a short form of 무슨(what)

* 일 : (1) [인간의 신체적·정신적 활동] work; [=힘든 일] labor; [=임무] duty, task; [=직업] job, employment (2) [=용무] business (3) [=문제] matter, affair, concern

- (할) 일이 많다 : have a lot of work to do

- 무슨 일로 오셨어요? : May I ask what you're here about?

- 이것은 사적인 일이다 : This is a private matter

* 일로 = 일 때문에 : 일 + -로/때문에(because; because of)

* 뭣 : a short form of 무슨(what)

* 땜에 : a short form of 때문에(because; because of)

* 항상 : [恒常] ＝늘

•항상 is a Hanja Korean word

•늘 is a native Korean word

* 사소 : [些少] a trifle; a bit

* 사소한 : [=별거아닌] trifling; trivial ; small; minor ; petty ; meager; scanty; slight ; insignificant

* 거 / 것 : a thing

* 부터 : from

* 시작 : [始作] (1) [=개시·착수] the beginning; the start; the opening; the commencement; the outset (2) [=처음] origin; beginning

- 회의의 시작은 자네가 맡아 주게 : You open the meeting

- 저 봐 또 시작이군 : [여느 때의 버릇(one's usual habits)] There he goes again! / Up to the same old thing again! / He is at it again. / [평소의 수작(one's usual trick)] There! He is at his old tricks again

- 이것은 시작에 지나지 않는다 : This is a mere beginning. / This is only the beginning

- 서기의 시작 : the beginning of the Christian Era

* 시작하다 : (1) originate ; have origin[rise] ; arise (2) begin

* 시작했다 : past tense of 시작하다 by '-었-'

* 시작했지 : 시작했(the stem of 시작했다) + -지(A sentence-final ending used when the speaker talks about himself/herself or his/her thoughts in a friendly manner)