2024-03-26

Let's learn about "어느 정도 가격을 원하십니까?"

어느 정도 가격을 원하십니까? : How much are you looking at?; What’s your price range?; What price range do you have in mind?; What’s your budget?; How much can you afford?; How much are you willing to spend?

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A. 디지털 TV가 그렇게 비싼 줄 몰랐어요 : I didn’t think a digital TV would cost so much

 B. 어느 가격대를 생각하셨는데요? : How much were you looking at?

A. 이것보단 싼 줄 알았죠. 훨씬 : Much less than this. A lot less

[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하니? (to younger people or friends)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하나? (to younger people or friends)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하지? (to younger people or friends)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하는가? (to younger people or friends)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하는지? (to younger people or friends)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원해? (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하지요? (to younger people or friends)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하죠? (to younger people or friends; -죠 a short form of -지요?)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원해요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원합니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하세요? (more hinourific by ‘시’)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하셔요? (more hinourific by ‘시’)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하시나요? (more hinourific by ‘시’)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하시지요? (more hinourific by ‘시’)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하시죠? (more hinourific by ‘시’; -죠? is a short form of -지요?)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하시는가요? (more hinourific by ‘시’)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하시는지요? (more hinourific by ‘시’)
- 어느 정도 가격을 원하십니까? (formal; more hinourific by ‘십’)

[explanations]
* 어느 : (1) [=어떤] which; what (2) [=그 중의 어느 하나] whichever; any (3) [=한] a; one; [=막연한 어떤] a certain; some

* 정도 : [程度] : (1) [양·우열 등(quantity, superiority, etc)] (a) degree; extent; a level; rate; (a) grade; (a) standard (3) [=한도] limit; bounds (4) [=가량•약•대략] about, approximately, roughly
- 생활 정도 : the standard of living / living standard
- 지능 정도 : the intellectual standard
- 손해의 정도 : the extent of loss[damage]

* -의 :  a suffix makes 어느 정도 possesive; this omitted

* 가격 : [價格] price
* -을 : a particle makes 가격 objective after a word ends in a cosonant

* 원하다 : want (to do)

* 원하는가? : 원하(the stem of 원하다) + -는가?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix; -는가 is used after the stem of a word ends in a vowel)
* 원하는지? : 원하(the stem of 원하다) + -는지?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix; -는가 is used after the stem of a word ends in a vowel)
* 원해? : 원하(the stem of 원하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어?(a non-honourific interrogative  verb ending suffix)
* 원합니까? : 원하(the stem of 원하다) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix)
* 원하세요? : 원하(the stem of 원하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 원하셔요? : 원하(the stem of 원하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -여?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 원하시지요? : 원하(the stem of 원하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -지?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 원하시나요? : 원하(the stem of 원하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -나?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 원하시는가요? : 원하(the stem of 원하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -는가?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 원하시는지요? : 원하(the stem of 원하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -는지?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 원하십니까? : 원하(the stem of 원하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -어? / -지? / -는지? / -ㄴ지? / -는가? / -ㄴ가? / -는데? : a non-honourific interrogative  verb ending suffix
* a verb + -나? / -어? / -지? / -는지? / -ㄴ지? / -는가? / -ㄴ가? / -는데? +  -요 : an honourific ending suffix
* a verb + -세요? / -셔요? / -십니까? / -습니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix by ‘시-‘ / ‘-ㅂ’ / ‘-요’

* 디지털 TV : digital TV
* -가 : a particle makes 디지털 TV the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 그렇게 : [Pronunciation: 그러케] like that; so much

* 비싸다 : be costly; be expensive; be pricey
* 안 비싸다 = 비싸지 않다 : be inexpensive

* 비싼 : 비싸(the stem of 비싸다) + -ㄴ(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

* 줄 : (1) [=방법] how to ; the way (2) [=셈속] (the fact) that
- 요리할 줄 알다 : know how to cook
- 그는 아무 것도 할 줄 모른다 : He is good for nothing
- 그런 일이 있을 줄은 꿈에도 몰랐다 : I never dreamed[Little did I dream] of such a thing. / That was the last thing I expected to happen
- 그는 내일 올 것이니 그런 줄 아시오 : He will come tomorrow, so please be prepared. / Please hear in mind that he is coming tomorrow
- 네가 이것을 쓴 줄을 그가 어찌 알겠는가 : How should he know that you wrote this?

* 알다 : know
* 알았다 : past tense of 알다 by '-았-'

* 모르다 : [ㄹ 불규칙] don't know
* 몰랐다 : past tense of 모르다 by '-았-'

* -ㄹ/-을/-를 줄 알다 : know how to
* -ㄹ/-을/-를 줄 모르다 : don't know how to

* 몰랐어요 : 몰랐(the stem of 몰랐다) + -네(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 가격대 : price range <-- 가격([價格] price) + -대([帶] range; scope)
* -를 : a particle makes 가격대 objective after a word ends in a cosonant

* 생각 : thought
* -을 : a particle makes 생각 objective after a word ends in a consonant
* 하다 : do
* 생각하다 = 생각을 하다 : think

* 생각하시다 : an honourfic word of 생각하다 by '-시-'
* 생각하셨다 : past tense of 생각하시다 by '-였-'

* 생각하셨는데요? : 생각하셨(the stem of 생각하셨다) + -는데(A sentence-final ending used to ask the listener while anticipating his/her answer) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 이것 : this thing <-- 이(this) + 거/것(thing)

* 보단 : s short form of 보다는
* 보다 : more than
* -는 : a particle makes 이것보다 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 싼 : inexpensive
* 싸다 : inexpensive
* 비싸다 : be costly; be expensive; be pricey <-- 비(a suffix makes a verb negative) + 싸다(be inexpensive)
* 안 비싸다 = 비싸지 않다 : be inexpensive
* 비싼 : 비싸(the stem of 비싸다) + -ㄴ(a suffix makes a verb attributive/adnominal) <-- 비(a suffix makes a verb negative) + 싼(inexpensive) 

* 싼 줄 알았다 : I thought it was inexpensive

* 훨씬 : fair; by far; a great deal; a lot; out[far] and away; by long[all] odds; by a long way; much
- 훨씬 좋은 물건 : a much[far] better article
- 훨씬 이전에 : a long time[while] ago / long ago
- 그 보다 훨씬 전에 : long[a long time] before that
- 훨씬 뒤에 와서 : long afterward(s)
- 무엇보다도 훨씬 뛰어나다 : be far and away[by far] the best of all
- 그녀는 생각보다는 훨씬 미인이었다 : She was a far more beautiful woman than I had expected. / She was even more beautiful than I had been led to expect
- 너가 그녀보다 훨씬 아름다워[이뻐] : You are far more beautiful than she (is)

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