Let's learn about "순면입니다"

순면입니다 : Cotton 100%; It’s 100% cotton; It’s made of 100% cotton; It’s pure cotton.

ex)

A.  면인가요? : Is this cotton?

B. 순면입니다 : It’s pure cotton

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 순면이다. (to younger people or friends)

- 순면이네. (to younger people or friends)

- 순면이야. (to younger people or friends)

- 순면인데. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 순면이네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 순면이에요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 순면인데요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 순면입니다. (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]

* 면[綿] = 순면 : [純綿] [=순면직물] cotton

- 순면의 : all-cotton

- 순면의 셔츠 : an all-cotton shirt

* 이다 : be

* -입니다 : 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a noun + -(이)다 / -(이)네 / -(이)야 / -(이)ㄴ데 : a non-honourific descriptive form of 이다

* a noun + -(이)네 / (이)ㄴ데+ -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a noun + -이에요 / -예요 / -입니다 : an honourific descriptive form of 이다 by ‘-요’ / ‘-ㅂ'

* -이에요 : this is used after a word ends in a consonant

ex) 생각뿐이에요 : I think of you only

* -예요 : : this is used after a word ends in a vowel

ex) 바다예요 : this is the sea

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