Let's learn about "밥 아직 멀었어요?"

밥 아직 멀었어요? : How long is it till supper’s ready?; How long do we have to wait?; Do we need to wait long?; When are we eating?

ex)

A. 배고파요. 얼마나 기다려야 해요? : I’m so hungry. How long do I have to wait?

B. 조금만 참아. 금방 될 거야 : Be patient. It’ll be ready soon

[other expressions]

- 밥 아직 멀었니? (to the younger people or friendly)

- 밥 아직 멀었냐? (to the younger people or friendly)

- 밥 아직 멀었나? (to the younger people or friendly)

- 밥 아직 멀었어? (to the younger people or friendly)

- 밥 아직 멀었는가? (to the younger people or friendly)

- 밥 아직 멀었는지? (to the younger people or friendly)

- 밥 아직 멀었나요? (honourific by '-요')

- 밥 아직 멀었어요? (honourific by '-요')

- 밥 아직 멀었는가요? (honourific by '-요')

- 밥 아직 멀었습니까? (more honourific by '시-')

[explanations]

* 밥 : cooked rice

* -이 / -은 : a particle makes 밥 subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 아직 : [=어떤 일이 이루어질 때가 채 못 되어] (not) yet; still; as yet; with no change; even now; so far; [=계속해서] still more; [=겨우] only

* 멀다 : [정도(degree•level]  be no match ; be far inferior ; [=미숙련] be poor; be unskilled

* 먼 : [정도(degree•level]  no match ; far inferior ; [=미숙련] poor; unskilled

* 멀게 : an adverb form of 멀다 by '-게'

- 그녀는 미인하고는 거리가 멀다 : She is far from beautiful. / She can't be called beautiful

- 수상의 발언은 서민의 감정과는 거리가 먼 것이었다 : The Premier's remarks showed little understanding of the feelings of ordinary people

- 그녀는 예술가의 수준에는 아직 멀었다 : She is far from artistic. / She is not in the least artistic

* 멀었다 : [Pronunciation: 멀얻따] past tense of 멀다 by '-었-'

* 아직 멀었다 : be still far from ...ing

* 멀었습니까? : 멀었(the stem of 멀었다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix) 


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

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

* a verb + -습니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix by ‘시-‘ / '-스' / ‘-ㅂ’ / ‘-요’

* 배고픈 : hungry

* 배고프다 : be hungry <-- 배(stomach; belly) + -고프다(hungry; famished)

- 배가 고프다 : be hungry / feel[get] hungry

* 배고파요 : 배고프(the stem of 배고프다; 프 + -아 contracted into  파) + -아(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 얼마나 : how (long)

* 기다리다 : wait

* 기다려야 : 

* 기다려야 : 기다리(the stem of 기다리다) + -어야/-아야/-여야(have to; A connective ending used when the preceding statement is an essential condition for the following statement)

* 하다 : do

* -어야 하다 / -아야 하다 / -여야 하다 : have to do

* 해요? : 하(the stem of 하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어?(an interrogative veeb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 조금 : a little

* -만 : only

* 참다 : [Pronunciation: 참따] be patient; endure

* 참아 : 참(the stem of 참다) + -아(a non-honouricic propositive and imperative verb ending suffix means "Please ~; Do ~")

* 금방 : soon

* 되다 : become

* 될 : 되(the stem of 되다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense and attributive)

* 거야 : a short form of 것이야

* 것 : a thing

* -이다 : be

* -이야 : 이(the stem of 이다) + -야(a non-honourific descriptive ending suffix)

* -ㄹ 것이다 / -ㄹ 거다 : will ~

* 될 것이다 / 될 거다 : will be ready