2024-03-12

Let's learn about "마음에 드는 게 없네요"

마음에 드는 게 없네요 : I don’t see anything I like; There’s nothing I like; I can’t find what I’m looking for; Nothing is catching my eyes; Nothing appeals to me here; Nothing’s really grabbing my attention.

* 눈길을 끌다 : catch one’s eyes
* 호감을 사다, 흥미를 끌다 : appeal

ex)

A. 맞는 사이즈를 찾아 드릴까요? : May I help you find a size?

B. 사실 별로 마음에 드는 게 없네요. 다음에 또 올게요 : Actually, I don’t see anything I like. I’ll come again some other time

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>
- 마음에 드는 게 없다. (to younger people or friends)
- 마음에 드는 게 없네. (to younger people or friends)
- 마음에 드는 게 없구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 마음에 드는 게 없군! (to younger people or friends)
- 마음에 드는 게 없는데. (to younger people or friends)
- 마음에 드는 게 없어. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 마음에 드는 게 없네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 마음에 드는 게 없군요! (honourific by '-요')
- 마음에 드는 게 없는데요. (honourific by '-요')
- 마음에 드는 게 없어요. (honourific by '-요')

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- 마음에 드는 게 없습니다.. (formal; more honourific by '스-')

[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific word to younger people or friends)
* 저 : I (honourific word to the elderly)
* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel; when this omitted, the sentence is more natural

* 난 : a short form of 나는; this omitted
* 전 : a short form of 저는; this omitted

* 마음 : heart; mind
* 맘 : (1) a short form of 마음 (2) a mother
* -에 : a place particle means "at/on/in"

* 들다 : [ㄹ 뷸규칙(irregular)] (1) [밖에서 안으로] enter, go[get, come] in(to), walk[step] in(to) (2) [=안에 담겨 있다] have, contain, hold (3) [햇볕 등이] enter into (4) [=손에 잡다] hold, take; [=집어 올리다] pick up; [=몸에 지니고 다니다] carry (5) [=위로 올리다] raise, lift (up), put up (6) [예·이유 등을] give, quote, cite

* ( ...이) 마음에 들다 : like; win a favor of

* 드는 : 들(the stem of 들다; ㄹ erased before a consonant) + -는(a suffix makes a verb attributive/adnominal)

* adnominal [관형사(형)] : an adjective or a modifying phrase attached to or modifying a noun, a noun phrase, a noun clause or a noun sentence
* adverbial [부사(형)] : an adverb attached to or modifying a verb

* 거 : a short form of 것(a thing)
* 거가 : a short form of 것이
* 게 : a short form of 것이
* -가 : a particle makes 거 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel
* -이 : a particle makes 것 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 맘에 드는 거 = 맘에 드는 게 = 맘에 드는 거가 = 맘에 드는 것이 = 마음에 드는 거 = 마음에 드는 게 = 마음에 드는 거가 = 마음에 드는 것이 : what one likes

* (-이/-가) 있다 : [Pronunciation: 읻따; ㅅ + ㄷ should be always pronounced as 따] (1) be; exist; there is[are] (2) have (3) [as the form of -를/을/-ㄹ 수 있다] be able to do 
* (-이/-가) 없다 : [Pronunciation: 업따; ㅅ + ㄷ should be always pronounced as 따] (1) be not ; noe exist; there is[are] not (2) don't have (3) [as the form of -를/을/-ㄹ 수 없다] be unable to do

* 없는데요 : 없(the stem of 없다) + -는데(A sentence-final ending used to admire something while anticipating the listener's response; A sentence-final ending used to ask the listener while anticipating his/her answer; A connective ending used to talk in advance about a situation to follow) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 없습니다 : 없(the stem of 없다) +  -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -어 / -네 / - 다 / -는데 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -군! / -구나! : a non-honourific exclamatory verb ending suffix
* a verb + -어 / -네 / -는데 / -군! + -요 : honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* 눈 : (1) [low long tone] snow (2) [high short tone] eye in the sentence

* 길 : (1) [=도로] a road; a way; [=거리] a street; a thoroughfare; [=가도] a highway; a highroad; [=코스] a route; [=작은 길] a path; a lane; [정원 등(garden etc)] a walk a pass; a trail; a track(밟아 다진); [=골목길] an alley; [=통로] a passage; an approach (road) (2) journey; [=거리] distance (3) [=도중] the midst of a way[course]; incidental to a course of action (4) [=진로] a course; a way; [=경로] a route; a channel; [=방법·수단] a way; a means; [=취할 길] a course; a step. (5) [=지켜야 할 일] a duty; [=도의] morality; [=가르침] teachings; [=진리] truth; [=도리] reason (6) [•분야·방면] a line; [=직] a career; [=기술·기예] an art (7) [=윤기] polish; gloss; luster; shine (8) [=품질의 등급] a class; a grade (9) [=사람 키의 길이] the height of a man; [=깊이] a fathom

* 눈길 : (1) [=눈 덮인 길] a snow-covered[laden] road; a snowy road (2) [=시선: 視線] one's eyes; one's gaze <-- 눈(eye) + 길(The path that the gaze follows, the path that the gaze moves along)
* -을 : a particle makes 눈길 objective after a word ends in a consonant

* 끌다 : (1) pull; draw (2) attract [draw] (a person's attention
* 끌리다 : (1) be drawn; be pulled (2) be charmed [fascinated]

* 끌린다 : present tense of 끌리다 by '-ㄴ'
* 끌렸다 : past tense of 끌리다 by '-였-'

* 호감 : good feeling; goodwill; a favorable [good] impression <— 호(good, nice, kind, liking) + 감(feeling)
이 : a suffix makes a word subjetive
가다. 간다 : go, go to, go toward

* 호감이 가다. 호감이 간다. 호감간다. be favorably disposed[inclined] toward

* -을 : a particle makes 호감 objective after a word ends in a consonant

* 사다 : (1) buy; purchase (2) [=초래하다] incur; invite; evoke; bring[draw] upon oneself
- 무심코 한 말이 그의 역정을 샀다 : My chance remark incurred[aroused] his displeasure
- 그는 그녀의 환심을 사기 위해서는 무슨 짓이라도 했을 것이다 : He would have done anything to win her favor
- 그는 그녀의 호감을 샀다 : He was favored by her

* 흥미 : [興味] (an) interest; zest
- 비상한 흥미 : great[keen] interest
- 흥미(가) 있는 : interesting / attractive / amusing / exciting 
- 다소 흥미(가) 있는 이야기 : a subject of some interest
- 흥미(가) 없는 : uninteresting / of no interest / wanting in interest / dull / stale / humdrum / insipid

* -를 : a particle makes 흥미 objective after a word ends in a vowel

* 눈길을 끌다 : catch one’s eyes
* 호감을 사다, 흥미를 끌다 : appeal

* 맞다 : [Pronunciation: 맏따] (1) right (2) [=적합하다] suit ; answer[serve] ; meet ; come up to ; befit

* 사이즈 : size
* -를 : a particle makes 사이즈 objective after a word ends in a vowel

* 찾다 : [Pronunciation: 찯따] find: earch

* 찾아 : 찾(the stem of 찾다) + -아(a connection suffix between two verbs)

* 주다 : give
* 드리다 : an honourific form of 주다 to the elderly

* 줄까? : 주(the stem of 주다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -까?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 줄까요? : 주(the stem of 주다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -까?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 드릴까요? : 드리(the stem of 드리다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -까?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 사실 : Actually

* 별로 : [別로] (1) in particular; particularly; specially; especially; very; much (2) [as the short form of 별로 아니다•별로이다] not particularly; never
- 오늘은 별로 바쁘지 않다 : I am not particularly busy today
- 아니 별로 : not really; never

* 다음 : (1) [=어떤 차례의 바로 뒤, 어떤 시간이 지난 뒤] (the) next, the following (2) [as the form of '~아닌 다음에야'] 
- 다음 기회로 미루다 : hold[postpone] sth over till next time
- 바보가 아닌 다음에야 누가 그런 짓을 하겠어요? : You would have to be a complete moron to pull a stunt like that
* 바보가 아닌 다음에야 = 바보가 아닌데도 : Even though you're not a fool

* -에 : a time suffix

* 다음에 : later; other time; in the future

* 또 : again

* 오다 : (1) come (2) visit here

* 올게요 : 오(the stem of 오다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -게(one’s will) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 오겠습니다 : 오(the stem of 오다) + -겠(one’s will) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

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