Let's learn about "미리 예약했어요"

미리 예약했어요 : I already made reservations; I made a reservation in advance.

* 사전에, 미리 : in advance

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A. 죄송하지만 오늘 저녁은 예약이 다 찼습니다 : I’m sorry but we’re all booked for the evening.

B. 무슨 말씀이세요? 저는 미리 예약을 했는데요 : What do you mean? I already made reservations

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 미리 예약했다. (to younger people or friends)

- 미리 예약했네. (to younger people or friends)

- 미리 예약했어. (to younger people or friends)

- 미리 예약했는데! (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 미리 예약했네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 미리 예약했어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 미리 예약했는데요! (honourific by ‘-요’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>

- 미리 예약했습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]

* 난 : a short form of 나는

* 전 : a short form of 저는

* 나 : I (non-honourific word)

* 저 : I (honourific word)

* -는 : a particle makes 나 / 저 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 미리 : [=사전에] in advance

* 사전 : [事前] [=사전의] beforehand / before the fact / advance

* -에 : a time suffix

- 사전에 방지하다 : prevent an affair from arising

- 사전에 통고하다[알리다] : notify[inform] in advance

- 사전에 경고하다 : give warning

- 사전에 준비하다 : prepare in advance / have ready beforehand

- 그런 일은 자네가 사전에 말해 주었어야 했다 : You should have notified us of that beforehand[ahead of time]

* 예약[豫約] : preengagement; precontract; booking; reservation; subscription; a pledge; an advance sale; contract

* 예약하다 = 예약을 하다 : make a reservation

* 예약했다 : past tense of 예약하다 by '-었-'; 하 + -었 contracted into 했

* 예약하시다 : an honourific form of 예약하다 by '-시-'

* 예약하셨다 : past tense of 예약하시다 by '-였-'

* 예약했어요 : 예약했(the stem of 예약했다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 예약했는데요 : 예약했(the stem of 예약했다) + -는데(a suffix has a nuance of hesitation to say other people; this used after the stem of a verb ends in a vowel) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 예약했습니다 : 예약했(the stem of 예약했다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 / -는데 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -어 / -는데 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb +-습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스' / '-ㅂ'

* 죄송 : sorry

* 죄송하다 : be sorry

* -지만 : ..., but ~

* 오늘 : today

* 저녁 : (1) evening (2) [=저녁식사] dinner

* -은 : a particle makes 저녁 (식사) subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 예약 : reservation

* -이 : a particle makes 예약 the topic og the sentence after a word ends in a consonant

* 다 : all

* 차다 : (1) kick (2) be full of

* 찼다 : past tense of 차다 by '-았-'

* 찻습니다 : 찼(the stem of 찼다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 무슨 : what

* 말 : word (non-honourific word)

* 말씀 : word (honourific word)

* 이다 : be

* 말씀이세요? : 말씀 + -이(the stem of 이다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -어 contracted into 세) + -어(a declarative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)