Let's learn about "굽이 더 높은 건 없나요?"

굽이 더 높은 건 없나요? : Is there anything higher?; Anything in higher heels?

ex)

A. 굽이 더 높은 건 없나요? : Is there anything higher?

B. 저쪽 선반 한번 보세요 : Yes, look on the other rack over there

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없니? (to younger people or friends)

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없나? (to younger people or friends)

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없어? (to younger people or friends)

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없는가? (to younger people or friends)

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없는지? (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없어요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없는지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없으신가요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없으신지요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없으세요? (more honourific by ‘-시’)

- 굽이 더 높은 건 없으십니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘-스’)

[explanations]

* 굽 : [신발의 굽] a heel; [그릇의 굽] a foot; a base; a stem

- 사발 굽 : the bottom of a dish

- 굽이 높은 구두 : high-heeled shoes

- 굽이 낮은 구두 : low-heeled shoes

- 구두의 굽이 완전히 닳아 버렸다 : The heels of my shoes are completely worn down

- 그는 굽이 닳아빠진 구두를 신고 있었다 : He was down at heel

* -이 : a particle makes 굽 subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 높은 : [Pronunciation: 노픈] high

* 높다 : [Pronunciation: 놉따] be high

* 낮은 [Pronunciation: 나즌] : low; underneath

* 낮다 : [Pronunciation: 낟따] be low; be underneath

* 건 = 게 = 거 = 것 : these can be exchangeable

* 건 : a short form of 것은

* 게 : a short form of 것이

* 거 / 것 : a thing

* -는/가 : a particle makes 거 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel ; this is often omitted

* -은/이 : a particle makes 것 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant ; this is often omitted

* 있다 : [Pronunciation: 읻따] (1) be; exist; there is[are] (2) [as the form of -를/을/-ㄹ 수 있다] be able to do

* 있으시다 : an honourific form of 있다 by '-으시'

* 없다 : [Pronunciation: 업따] be not ; don’t exist; there is not ; there are not

* 없으시다 : an honourific form of 없다 by '-으시'

* 없습니까? : 없(the stem of 없다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* 없으신가요? : 없(the stem of 없다) + -으시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㄴ가?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 없으신지요? : 없(the stem of 없다) + -으시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㄴ지?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 없으세요? : 없(the stem of 없다) + -으시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 없으십니까? : 없(the stem of 없다) + -으시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -어? / -는가? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb + -나? / -아? / -는가? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -으세요? / -으십니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘스-‘ / ‘-ㅂ’

* 이 : this

* 저 : that

* 쪽 : side; direction

* -에/-의: a place suffix

* 이쪽(에) = 이쪽(의): this side; here

* 저쪽(에) = 저쪽(의): that side; over there

* 선반 : shelf; rack

* -을 : a particle makes 저쪽(의) 선반 objective after a word ends in a consonant

* 한 번 : one time <-- 한(one) + 번(a unit count numeric; times)

* 보다 : look; see; watch

* 한 번 보다 : have a look at; have a look around

* 보세요 : 보(the stem of  보다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어(a propositive verb ending suffix means "Please ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)