2023-10-20

Let's learn about "향이 너무 강해요"

향이 너무 강해요 : The smell is too strong; The scent is too strong

[other expressions]
- 향이 너무 강하다. (to younger people or friends)
- 향이 너무 강하네. (to younger people or friends)
- 향이 너무 강해. (to younger people or friends)
- 향이 너무 강하군! (to younger people or friends)
- 향이 너무 강하구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 향이 너무 강하네요. (honourific by '요')
- 향이 너무 강하군요. (honourific by '요')
- 향이 너무 강해요. (honourific by '요')
- 향이 너무 강합니다. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')

[explanations]
* 향 : [香] (an) incense; (a) perfume
- 향주머니 : an incense pouch / a scent bag
- 향을 피우다 : burn incense / incense / cense

* -이 : a particle makes 향 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 너무 : too much

* 강 : [江] a river; [=강물] a stream; [=시내] a brook
- 한강에서 : on the Han (River) / on the (River) Han
- 강 건너의[에서] : across[beyond] the river / on the other[opposite] side of the river
- 강을 건너다 : cross[go across] a river / [걸어서(on foot)] wade (across)[ford] a stream
- 강을 거슬러 올라가다[내려가다]  :go up[down] a river / go upstream[downstream]
- 강이 범람했다 : The river has overflowed its banks
- 이 강은 서해로 흐른다 : The river finds its way to the Yellow Sea

* 강 : [强-] [접두사(prefix)] [=호된] severe; harsh; intense; [=억지의] forced; trying; [=거짓의] pretended; [=지나친] excessive; inordinate; [=까닭없는] unreasonable; unjustifiable; [=순전한] pure; straight; dry
- 강더위 : a spell of intense heat with no rain at all
- 강샘 : intense[burning] jealousy
- 강추위 : dry cold weather

* 강하다 : [强하다] be strong; be intense
* 강한 : strong; intense
* 강하게 : an adverb form of 강하다 by '-게'

* 강해 : 강(the stem of 강하다: 하 + 어 contracted into 해) + -어?(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 강합니다 : 강(the stem of 강하다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -아 / -어: a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -군! / -구나! : a non-honourific exclamatory verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 / -아 / -어 / -군! + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb +  -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스/' / '-ㅂ'

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