Let's learn about "일행이 몇 분이세요?"

일행이 몇 분이세요? : How many do you have in your party?; How many are there in your party?

ex)

A. 어서 오세요. 일행이 몇 분이세요? : Good evening. How many do you have in your party?

B. 다섯 명인데요. 나중에 두 명이 더 올 거예요 : There are five of us, but we’re expecting two more people to join us later

[other expressions]

- 일행이 몇 분이에요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 일행이 몇 분인가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 일행이 몇 분입니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘시'’)

- 일행이 몇 분이세요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 일행이 몇 분이셔요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 일행이 몇 분이신가요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 일행이 몇 분이십니까? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

[explanations]

* 일행 : [一行]1 (1) a party; [=배우·예능인 등의 일단] a troupe; a company (2) [=문서의 한 행] a line

- 관광단 일행 : a tourist party / a party of sightseers

- 봅 호프 일행 : Bob Hope and his troupe

- 일행 사람들 : the members of a party

- 일행에 참가하다 : join the party / be a member of the party

- 일행은 6명이다 : There are six of us in the party. / The party is made up of six in all

- 대사 일행은 오늘 아침 이곳에 도착했다 : The Ambassador and his suite[staff] arrived here this morning.

- 일행(을) 걸러 쓰다 : write on every other line

* -이 : a particle makes 일행 subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 몇 : how much; how many

* 사람 : human being; person (non-honourific word)

* 분 : human being; person (honourific word

* 이다

* 분이에요? : 분 + 이(the stem of 이다) + -에?(an interrogative verb ending suffix; -어 changed into -에 for easy pronunciation) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 분인가요? : 분 + 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㄴ가?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 분입니까? : 분 + 이(the stem of 이다)  + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 분이세요? : 분 + 이(the stem of 이다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 분이셔요? : 분 + 이(the stem of 이다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -여?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 분이신가요? : 분 + 이(the stem of 이다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㄴ가?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 분이십니까? : 분 + 이(the stem of 이다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -ㄴ가? / -어? / -에? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -ㄴ가? / -어? / -에? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -ㅂ니까? / -십니까? / -세요? / -셔요? : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ-‘ / '시'

* 어서 : [=부디] please; kindly; [=환영] right; with pleasure; welcome

* 오다 : come

* 오세요 : 오(the stem of 오다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 다섯 : five

* -명 : a unit counts persons

* 이다 : be

* 인데요 : 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㄴ데(A sentence-final ending used to describe something while anticipating the listener's response: 듣는 사람의 반응을 기대하며 어떤 일에 대해 설명을 나타내는 종결 어미) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 나중 : later

* -에 : a time suffix

* 둘 : two

* 두 명 : 둘(ㄹ erased before 명) + -명(a unit counts persons)

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

* 더 : more

* 올 : 오(the stem of 오다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense and attributive)

* 거예요 : a short form of 것이에요

* 것이에요 : 것(a thing) + -이(the stem of 이다) + -에(a descriptive verb ending suffix; this changed from -어 for easy pronunciation) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 올 것이다 : will come