Let's learn about "덜 익었어요"

덜 익었어요 : It’s not done yet; It’s not thoroughly/completely cooked; This is not cooked properly

[other expressions]

- 고기가 덜 익었다. (to younger people or friends)

- 고기가 덜 익었네. (to younger people or friends)

- 고기가 덜 익었어. (to younger people or friends)

- 고기가 덜 익었군! (to younger people or friends)

- 고기가 덜 익었구나! (to younger people or friends)

- 고기가 덜 익었네요. (honourific by '요')

- 고기가 덜 익었군요. (honourific by '요')

- 고기가 덜 익었어요. (honourific by '요')

- 고기가 덜 익었습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스-')

[explanations]

* 고기 : meat

* -가 : a particle makes 고기 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 덜 : less; incompletely; little; insufficiently

- 덜 구워진 : half-done / underdone / [생선·고기] half-roasted / [빵] half-baked

- 덜 마른 : half-dried / unseasoned

- 덜 취한 : half-tipsy / half-drunk

- 덜 익은 과일 : unripe[green] fruit

- 돈이 덜 드는 방법은 없을까 : Isn't there a cheaper[less expensive] way?

- 이 쇠고기는 덜 구워졌다 : This beef is too rare for me

- 오늘은 어제보다 덜 춥다 : It is less cold today than yesterday

- 잠을 덜 자서 피곤하다 : I am tired for lack of sleep

* 익다 : [Pronunciation: 익따] (1) ripe; be [get, grow, become] ripe; mellow; mature (2) be [get, become] used [accustomed, inured, habituated](to); be familiar (with); be experienced (in); get [be] skilled (in); become skillful (3) be [get] cooked; be done (4) become seasoned; be matured; ferment; mature; age

* 익었다 : past tense of 익다 by '-었-'

* 덜 익다 = 익지 않다

* 덜 익었다 = 익지 않았다

* -지 않다 : doesn’t

* -지 않았다 : didn’t

* 익지 : 익(the stem of 익다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance)

* 않다 : [Pronunciation: 안타: ㅎ + ㄷ should be always pronounced as 타] be not

- 오늘은 별로 바쁘지 않다 : I am not particularly busy today

* 않은 : [Pronunciation: 안은] 않(the stem of 않다) + -은(a suffix makes a verb attributive after the stem of a word ends in a consonant)

* 익었습니다 : 익었(the stem of 익었다)  + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ')

* 않았습니다 : 않았(the stem of 않았다)  + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ')

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

* a verb + -군! / -구나! / -는군! / -는구나! : a non-honourific exclamatory verb ending suffix

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

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