Let's learn about "급행열차인가요?"

급행열차인가요? : Is this an express train?; Is this non-stop?

* 직행의, 중간에 쉬지 않는 : non-stop 

ex)

A. 급행열차인가요? : Is this an express train?

B. 네, 서울에서 부산까지 2시간 반이면 가요 : Yes. It only takes two and a half hours from Seoul to Busan

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 급행열차니? (to younger people or friends)

- 급행열차지? (to younger people or friends)

- 급행열차냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 급행열차인가? (to younger people or friends)

- 급행열차인지? (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 급행열차요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 급행열차이지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 급행열차이죠? (to younger people or friends; -죠 a short form of -지요?)

- 급행열차인가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 급행열차인지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 급행열차예요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 급행열차입니까? (honourific by ‘-요’)

* [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]

* 급행 : [急行] (1) [=급히 감] hurry up (2) [=급행 열차(急行列車)] express train

- 7시 30분 부산행 급행 : the 7:30 express for Pusan

- 급행으로 가다 : travel by express / take an express

- 나는 10시 30분 급행으로 대전에 갔다 : I went to Taejon by the 10:30 express

* 열차 : train

* 급행열차니? : 급행열차 + 이(the stem of 이다; this omitted) + -니?(an  interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 급행열차냐? : 급행열차 + 이(the stem of 이다; this omitted) + -냐?(an  interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 급행열차지? : 급행열차 + 이(the stem of 이다; this omitted) + -지?(an  interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 급행열차요? : 급행열차 + 이(the stem of 이다; 이 + -ㄴ contracted into 인) + -ㄴ가?(an  interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an  honourific ending suffix)

* 급행열차인가요? : 급행열차 + 이(the stem of 이다; 이 + -ㄴ contracted into 인) + -ㄴ가?(an  interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an  honourific ending suffix)

* 급행열차인지요? : 급행열차 + 이(the stem of 이다; 이 + -ㄴ contracted into 인) + -ㄴ지?(an  interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an  honourific ending suffix)

* 급행열차예요? : 급행열차 + 이(the stem of 이다; 이 + -여 contracted into 예) + -여?(an  interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an  honourific ending suffix)

* 급행열차입니까? : 급행열차 + 이(the stem of 이다) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -야? / -는가? / -ㄴ가? / -는지? / -ㄴ지? / -어? / -아? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

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

* a verb + -예요? / -이에요? / -입니까? / -습니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by ‘-스-‘ / ‘-요’

* 직행 : [直行] going straight[direct]; through running; [=정차하지 않음] nonstop

* 직행하다 : go straight[direct] ; [기차(train)] run[go] through

- 사고 현장으로 직행하다  :rush straight to the scene of the accident

- 갈아타지 않고 직행하다  :go[run] through without making a change

- 이 열차는 경주까지 직행한다 : This train goes direct[straight] to Kyongju

- 서울로 직행했다 : I went direct[directly] to Seoul

- 직행 버스 : a nonstop bus

- 군산까지의 직행 버스를 예약해 두었다 We had engaged a bus through to Kunsan

- 직행 열차 : a through train

- 직행 운행 : through operation

* 중간 : [中間] the middle; midway

- 중간의 : middle / mean / halfway / intermediate / interim

* -에 : a place suffix means "at"

* 쉬다 : [=휴식하다] rest (up); take[have] a rest ; repose[rest] (oneself); stop

- 5분간 쉬고 나서 : after five minutes rest

- 충분히 쉬었습니까? : Did you have a good rest?

- 누워서 쉬는 게 좋다 : You'd better lie down and rest

* 쉬지 : 쉬(the stem of 쉬다) + -지(a connection suffix makes a verb negative meaning before a verb means negative nuance)

* 않다 : [Pronunciation: 안타] be not; never

* 않는다 : present form of 않다 by '-는-'

* 않았다 : past tense of 않다 by '-았-'

* 않는 : 않(the stem of 않다) + -는(a suffix makes a verb 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

* 네 = 예 : yes

* A에서 B까지 : from A to B

* 서울 : Seoul city

* 부산 : Busan city

* 2시간 : [Pronunciation: 두시간] 2 hours

* 반 : a half

* 2시간 반 : two and a half hours

* -이면 : 이(the stem of 이다: be) + -면(if)

* 가다 : g

* time + -이면 가다 : It takes + time

* 가요 : 가(the stem of 가다; 가 + -아 contracted into 가) + -아(a declarative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)