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Let's learn about "그분이 돌아오셨나요?"
Let's learn about "그분이 언제쯤 돌아오시죠?"
그분이 언제쯤 돌아오시죠? : When will he be back?; When do you expect him back?; When can I expect to talk to him?: Will he be back soon?; How soon do you expect him back?; Do you expect him shortly?
[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오니? (to younger people or friends)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오나? (to younger people or friends)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아와? (to younger people or friends)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오는가? (to younger people or friends)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오는지? (to younger people or friends)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오는데? (to younger people or friends)
<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아와요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오는지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오는데요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아옵니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)
<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오세요? (more hinourific by ‘시’)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오셔요? (more hinourific by ‘시’)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오시나요? (more hinourific by ‘시’)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오시는가요? (more hinourific by ‘시’)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오시는지요? (more hinourific by ‘시’)
- 그분이 언제쯤 돌아오십니까? (formal; more hinourific by ‘십’)
[explanations]
* 그 : that
* 사람 : human being; a person (non-honourific word)
* 분 : human being; a person (honourific word)
* -은/-이 : a particle makes 그 분 subjective after a word ends in a consonant
* 언제 : when
* -쯤 : approximately; about; around
* 돌아오다 : come back <-- 돌다(turn) + -아(a connection suffix between two verbs) + 오다(come)
* 돌아오시다 : an honourific form of 돌아오다 by '-시-'
* 돌아오는데요? = 돌아온데요? : 돌아오(the stem of 돌아오다) + -는데/-은데/-ㄴ데(A sentence-final ending used to ask 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)
* 돌아와? : 돌아오(the stem of 돌아오다; 오 + -어 contracted into 와) + -어?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 돌아와요? : 돌아오(the stem of 돌아오다; 오 + -아 contracted into 와) + -아(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 돌아옵니까? : 돌아오(the stem of 돌아오다; 오 + -ㅂ contracted into 옵) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 돌아오세요? : 돌아오(the stem of 돌아오다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -어 contracted into 세) + -어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 돌아오셔요? : 돌아오(the stem of 돌아오다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -여 contracted into 셔) + -여?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 돌아오시나요? : 돌아오(the stem of 돌아오다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -나?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 돌아오시는가요? : 돌아오(the stem of 돌아오다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -는가?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 돌아오시는지요? : 돌아오(the stem of 돌아오다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -는지?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 돌아오시지요 : 돌아오시(the stem of 돌아오시다) + -지(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 돌아오십니까? : 돌아오(the stem of 돌아오다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -ㅂ contracted into 십) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -어? / -지? / -는지? / -ㄴ지? / -는가? / -ㄴ가? / -는데? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix
* a verb + -나? / -어? / -지? / -는지? / -ㄴ지? / -는가? / -ㄴ가? / -는데? + -요 : an honourific ending suffix
* a verb + -세요? / -셔요? / -십니까? / -습니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘시-‘ / ‘-ㅂ’ / ‘-요’