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보면 볼수록 마음에 들어요 : The more I look at it, the more I like it; I like it better and better; I think I’m growing to like it more and more as I look at it

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 보면 볼수록 마음에 든다. (to younger people or friends)

- 보면 볼수록 마음에 드네. (to younger people or friends)

- 보면 볼수록 마음에 들어. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 보면 볼수록 마음에 드네요. (honourific by '-요')

- 보면 볼수록 마음에 들어요. (honourific by '-요')

- 보면 볼수록 마음에 듭니다.. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ'')

* [Memo]

* Extreme honorifics(극존칭) are not used when the subject(주어) is not a person(사람). In other words, extreme honorifics(극존칭) are used only when the subject(주어) is a person(사람) :  주어가 사람이 아닌 경우는 극존칭을 사용하지 않는다. 즉, 주어가 사람인 경우에만 극존칭을 사용한다

[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

* 보다 : see; look; watch

* 보면 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -면(if)

* 볼수록 : 보(the stem of 보다; 보 + ㄹ수록 contracted into 볼수록) + -ㄹ수록(the + comparative)

* ㄹ수록 : A connective ending used to imply that as the extent of the preceding statement becomes larger, that of the following statement also changes accordingly(앞의 말이 나타내는 정도가 심해지면 뒤의 말이 나타내는 내용의 정도도 그에 따라 변함을 나타내는 연결 어미)

* 더 : more

* 하다 : do

* 더 …하다 : the + comparative)

* ~ㄹ수록 더 …하다 : the 비교급 ~, the 비교급 ...

* 비교급 : [比較級] comparative degree

* 비교급의 : comparative, pertaining to comparison; relative; using comparison; of the comparative degree (Grammar)

* 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

* 든다 : present tense of 들다 by '-ㄴ'

* 드네 : 들(the stem of 들다; ㄹ erased before ㄴ) + -네(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 드네요 : 들(the stem of 들다; ㄹ erased before ㄴ) + -네(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 듭니다 : 들(the stem of 들다; ㄹ erased before ㄴ) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -ㄴ다 / -네 / -어 / -아 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -어 / -아 + -요 : an honourific ending suffix

* a verb + -습니다 / -십니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스-' / '시-' / '-ㅂ'