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예약을 하는 편이 나을까요? : Would it be better to make a reservation?

* 예약하다 : make a reservation

[other expressions]

- 예약을 하는 편이 낫나요? (honourific by '-요')

- 예약을 하는 편이 나아요? (honourific by '-요')

- 예약을 하는 편이 나은지요? (honourific by '-요')

- 예약을 하는 편이 나은가요? (honourific by '-요')

- 예약을 하는 편이 났습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

[explanations]

* 예약[豫約] : preengagement; precontract; booking; reservation; subscription; a pledge; an advance sale; contract

* 예약하다 = 예약을 하다 : make a reservation

* 하는 : 하(the stem of 하다) + -는(a suffix makes a verb attributive)

* 편 : [便] [=선택·경향(selection•tendancy] tendancy

- 이렇게 하는 편이 좋을 것이다 : You'd better do it like this[(in) this way]

- 이것도 아직 큰 편: 이다 Even this is a relatively large one

- 그와 가느니 집에 있는 편이 낫다 : I would rather[sooner] stay at home than go with him

- 이 편이 훨씬 낫다 : This is for better than that

- 그녀에게 그렇게 말하는 편이 나을 뻔했다 : You had better have told her so

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

* 낫다 : better ; superior ; preferable ; best ; surpass; excel; exceed; outdo; have an advantage

* 나아요? : 낫(the stem of 낫다; ㅅ erased before 아) + -아?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 나은지요? : 낫(the stem of 낫다; ㅅ erased before 은) + -은지?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 나은가요? : 낫(the stem of 낫다; ㅅ erased before 은) + -은가?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 낫습니까? : 낫(the stem of 낫다 + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -나? / -은지? / -은가? / -아? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb + -나? / -은지? / -은가? / -아? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -ㅂ니까? / -습니까? : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by '-ㅂ' / '스-'