2023-12-05

Let's learn about "테이블이 준비될 때까지 여기서 기다려 주세요"

테이블이 준비될 때까지 여기서 기다려 주세요 : Please wait here until your table is ready; Would you like to wait here? We’ll have a table ready for you; Can you please wait while we set the table?; Wait to be seated

[other expressions]
- 테이블이 준비될 때까지 여기서 기다려 줘요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 테이블이 준비될 때까지 여기서 기다려 줄래요. (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 테이블이 준비될 때까지 여기서 기다려 주세요. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 테이블이 준비될 때까지 여기서 기다려 주셔요. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 테이블이 준비될 때까지 여기서 기다려 주시지요. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 테이블이 준비될 때까지 여기서 기다려 주시죠. (more honourific by ‘시’; -시죠 is a short form of -시지요)
- 테이블이 준비될 때까지 여기서 기다려 주십시오. (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)
- 테이블이 준비될 때까지 여기서 기다려 주시겠어요. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 테이블이 준비될 때까지 여기서 기다려 주시겠습니까. (more honourific by ‘시’)

[explanations]
* 테이블 : table
* -이 : a particle makes 테이블 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 준비 : [準備] preparation(s); preliminary arrangements; preparedness; readiness
- 식사 준비가 다 된 모양이니까 식당으로 가십시다 : As the meal seems to be all ready, let's go along to the dining room

* 준비하다 : a verb form of 준비 by '-하다'
* 준비하시다 : an honourific form of 준비하다 by '-시-'

* 준비했다 : past tense of 준비하다 by '-었-'
* 준비하셨다 : past tense of 준비하시다 by '-였-'

* -가 : a particle makes 준비 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted

* 되다 : become; See https://www.collinsdictionary.com/ko/dictionary/korean-english/이-되다_2

* 준비가 되다 = 준비되다 : get ready
* 준비가 안 되다 = 준비가 되지 않다 : be unprepared

* 됐다 : a short form of 되었다
* 되었다 : past tense of 되다 by ‘-었-‘

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

* 때 : when; the time
* -까지 : until

* 여기 : here
* -서 / -에서 : a place suffix means "at/on/in"

* 기다리다 : wait

* 기다려 : 기다리(the stem of 기다리다; 리 + -여 contracted into 려) + -여(a connection suffix between two verbs)

* 주다 : (1) give

* -어 주다 / -아 주다 / -여 주다 : (2) allow; permit (2) do an effort; keep (on)
- 결혼해 주다 : You allow someone to get married you
- 도와줄게 : I'll (do an effort to) help you
- 함께 있어 주다 : keep staying with

* 줄래요 : 주(the stem of 주다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -래(a propositive verb ending suffix means "Please ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 주세요 : 주(the stem of  주다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어(a propositive verb ending suffix means "Please ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 주셔요 : 주(the stem of  주다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -여(a propositive verb ending suffix means "Please ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 주실래요 : 주(the stem of 주다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -래(a propositive verb ending suffix means "Please ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 주십시오 : 주(the stem of  주다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ시오(an honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Please ~")
* 주시겠어요 : 주(the stem of  주다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -겠(a suffix asks rhe listener's will) + -어(a propositive verb ending suffix means "Please ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 주시겠습니까 : 주(the stem of  주다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -겠(a suffix asks rhe listener's will) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까(an honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Please ~")

* a verb + -어 / -어라 / -ㄹ래 : a non-honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "Please ~"
* a verb + -어 / -ㄹ래 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix)
* a verb + -세요 / -셔요 / -실래요 / -십시오 / -ㅂ시오 / -시겠어요 / -시겠습니까 : an honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "Please ~”

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