2024-08-30

Let's learn about "돌아가는 것 같아요"

돌아가는 것 같아요 : I think you’re taking the long way around; You’re going around; You’re taking the long route.

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A. 멀리 돌아가는 것 같은데요 : I think you’re taking the long route.

B. 사실 맞아요. 다른 길들이 공사 때문에 차단됐거든요 : In fact, I am. But the other ways are all blocked due to constructions

* 공사 : construction

[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- 돌아가는 거 같다. (to younger people or friends)
- 돌아가는 거 같네. (to younger people or friends)
- 돌아가는 거 같아. (to younger people or friends)
- 돌아가는 거 같군! (to younger people or friends)
- 돌아가는 거 같구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 돌아가는 거 같은데 (to younger people or friends)

- 돌아가는 것 같다. (to younger people or friends)
- 돌아가는 것 같네. (to younger people or friends)
- 돌아가는 것 같아. (to younger people or friends)
- 돌아가는 것 같군! (to younger people or friends)
- 돌아가는 것 같구나! (to younger people or friends)
- 돌아가는 것 같은데 (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 돌아가는 거 같네요. (honourific by '요')
- 돌아가는 거 같군요! (honourific by '요')
- 돌아가는 거 같아요. (honourific by '요')
- 돌아가는 거 같은데요. (honourific by '요')

- 돌아가는 것 같네요. (honourific by '요')
- 돌아가는 것 같군요! (honourific by '요')
- 돌아가는 것 같아요. (honourific by '요')
- 돌아가는 것 같은데요. (honourific by '요')

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- 돌아가는 거 같습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스-')

- 돌아가는 것 같습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스-')

[explanations]
* 먼 : far
* 멀다 : [irregular] be far

* 멀리 : far; far away[off]; afar; a long way off; in the distance; at a distance
- 멀리 떨어져 있는 마을 : a far-off[distant] town
- 멀리 떨어져 있는 친척보다 가까운 이웃(사촌)이 낫다 : Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away
- 멀리(에)서 사이렌 소리가 들린다 : There is a siren blowing in the distance
- 대포 소리가 멀리서도 들렸다 : The report of the guns could be heard even at a distance
- 승리의 소식이 멀리 퍼졌다 : The news of the victory spread far and wide
- 그는 멀리 바다 건너에서 왔다 : He came all the way from abroad
- 이웃 읍에서 왔는데도 나는 멀리(에)서 온 것 같은 느낌이 들었다 : I felt as if I had come from afar, though I came only from the neighboring town
- 우리는 정상에서 들과 산을 멀리 바라볼 수 있다 : We can have a distant view of mountains and fields from the summit
- 멀리 설악산이 보인다 : We can see Mt. Sorak in the distance

* 돌아가다 : (1) go back; get back (2) [=우회하다] go round ; make[take] a detour; go by[take] a roundabout way[route] <-- 돌다(turn) + -아(a connection suffix between two verbs) + 가다(go)
- 그 길로 가면 멀리 돌아가게 된다 : That road goes the long way (around)

* 돌아가는 : 돌아가(the stem of 돌아가다) + -는(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

* 거 : a short form of 것(a thing)

* -는/-ㄴ 거 같다 =  -는/-ㄴ 것 같다 : I think that ~; something seems ~; something looks ~

* 같다 : [Pronunciation: 갇따] (1) be equal to (2) seem; look (3) I think in the sentence

* 같은데요 : 같(the stem of 같다) + -은데/-ㄴ데(A sentence-final ending used to admire something while anticipating the listener's response; A sentence-final ending used to ask the listener while anticipating his/her answer; A connective ending used to talk in advance about a situation to follow) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 같습니까? : 같(the stem of 같다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

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

* 사실 : [事實] (1) [=실제의 일] a fact; an actual fact; a reality; [현실] actuality (2) in fact

* 맞다 : [Pronunciation: 맏따] (1) right (2) [=적합하다] suit ; answer[serve] ; meet ; come up to ; befit
* 맞은 : an attributive form of 맞다

* 맞아요 : [Pronunciation: 마자요] 맞(the stem of 맞다) + -아(a declarative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 맞습니다 : 맞(the stem of 맞다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 다른 : different
* 다르다 : be different

* 길 : road; path; way
* -들 : a plural suffix
* -이 : a particle makes 다른 길들 subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 공사 : construction (work)

* 때문에 : because (of)

* 차단하다 : block out
* 차단되다 : be blocked out; passive form of 차단하다

* 차단됐다 : past tense of 차단되다 by '-었'; 되 + -었 contracted into 됐

* 차단됐거든요 : 차단됐(the stem of 차단됐다) + -거든(A sentence-final ending referring to the reason, cause, or basis for the preceding statement that the speaker thought of: 두루낮춤으로) 앞의 내용에 대해 말하는 사람이 생각한 이유나 원인, 근거를 나타내는 종결 어미) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

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