2024-06-10

Let's learn about "향이 좋은데요"

향이 좋은데요 : I like the scent; It’s got a nice scent to it; Nice fragrance; It smells great.

* 향기 : scent; fragrance, aroma

[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- 향이 좋다. (to younger people or friends)
- 향이 좋네. (to younger people or friends)
- 향이 좋아. (to younger people or friends)
- 향이 좋군! (to younger people or friends)
- 향이 좋구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 향이 좋은데. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 향이 좋네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 향이 좋아요. (honourific by '-요')
- 향이 좋군요! (honourific by '-요')
- 향이 좋은데요. (honourific by '-요')

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- 향이 좋습니다.. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]
* 냄새 : smell
* 좋은 냄새 : fragrance / scent

* 향 : [向] (1) [=방향] a direction; a quarter (2) [=집 등의 앉음새] an exposure; an aspect; a prospect
- 풍향이 바뀌었다 : The direction of the wind has turned[shifted]
- 우향우 <구령(command)> : Right turn[face]!
- 남향집 : a house facing (the) south / a house with a southern aspect[exposure]
- 서향이다 : (집이) look to[toward] the west / look west / have a western exposure / (창문이) open to the west

* 향 : [香] (an) incense; (a) perfume
- 향주머니 : an incense pouch / a scent bag
- 향을 피우다 : burn incense / incense / cense

* -이 : a particle makes 향 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 좋은 : good; great
* 좋다 : [Pronunciation: 조타] be good; be great

* 좋은데요 : 좋(the stem of 좋다) + -은데(A sentence-final ending used to admire something while anticipating the listener's response: 듣는 사람의 반응을 기대하며 어떤 일에 대해 감탄함을 나타내는 종결 어미) + -요(an honourific ending suffix
* 좋습니다 : 좋(the stem of 좋다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -아 / -어 / -은데 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -군! / -구나! : a non-honourific exclamatory verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 / -아 / -어 / -군! / -은데 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb +  -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스-' / '-ㅂ'

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