Let's learn about "세면대가 막혔어요"

세면대가 막혔어요 : The sink is all clogged up; I have a clogged sink

ex)

  

A. 세면대가 막혔어요 : The sink is all clogged up

B. 바로 고쳐 드리겠습니다 : We’ll fix it right away

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 세면대가 막혔다. (to younger people or friends)

- 세면대가 막혔네. (to younger people or friends)

- 세면대가 막혔어. (to younger people or friends)

- 세면대가 막혔군! (to younger people or friends)

- 세면대가 막혔구나! (to younger people or friends)

- 세면대가 막혔는데. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 세면대가 막혔네요. (honourific by '요')

- 세면대가 막혔군요. (honourific by '요')

- 세면대가 막혔어요. (honourific by '요')

- 세면대가 막혔는데요. (honourific by '요')

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 세면대가 막혔습니다. (formal; more honourific by '-스-')

[explanations]

* 세면 : [洗面] [세 : high pitch and long sound] [=세수(洗手)] washing up (one's face)

- 세면기 = 대야 : a washbowl; a washbasin; a (washhand) basin

- 세면소 : a washroom; a lavatory; a toilet room

- 세면대 : [洗面臺] a washstand; a washing stand; a washhand stand <-- 세면 + 대(table; a board; raised large building or struture)

* 세면하다 = 세수하다 : wash one's face; have a wash

* 세수 : [洗手] [세 : high pitch and long sound] face[hand] washing

* 세수하다 : wash one's face and hands; have a wash; wash oneself

- 식사 전에 세수하다 : wash up before a meal

- 세숫대야 : a wash basin

- 세숫물  :water for washing up

- 세숫비누 : toilet soap

- 세숫수건 : a (hand) towel

* 세수 : [稅收] [세 is low pitch long sound] [=조세로 얻은 수입] tax revenues; tax yields

- 세수의 감소 : an increase in revenue

- 세수의 감소 : a drop in revenue

* -가 : a particle makes 세면대 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 막다 : [Pronunciation: 막따]  stop up; close; block: obturate; prevent; obstruct

* 막았다 : past tense of 막다 by '-았-'

* 막히다 : passive form of 막다 by '-히-'; be clogged (up)

* 파이프 등이 막히다, 막히게 하다 : clog

* 막힌다 : present tense of 막히다 by '-ㄴ'

* 막혔다 : past tense of 막히다 by '-였-'; 히 + -였 contracted into 혔)

* 막혔어요 : 막혔(the stem of 막혔다) + -어(a declarative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 막혔습니다 : 막혔(the stem of 막혔다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 스 + ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

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

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

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

* 지금 : [只今]1 the present; the present day[time]; this time[moment]; now

* 바로 : (1) immediately; straight away (2) just; exactly; precisely; right (3) directly; directly

* 지금 바로 : now

* 바로 = 즉시 : right away

* 고치다 : (1) (고장 난 물건 등을) repair, fix, mend (=수리하다)  (2) (병을) cure, heal, treat (3) (잘못·오류 등을) correct, cure (sb of sth)

- 자전거를 고치다 : fix a bicycle

- 버릇을 고치다 : cure sb of the habit (of); get sb out of a habit

- 나쁜 버릇을 고치다 : cure[break] sb of a bad habit

- 화장을 고치다 : fix [adjust, refresh] one's makeup

* 고쳐 : 고치(the stem of 고치다; 치 + -여 contracted into 쳐) + -여(a connective suffix between two verbs)

* 주다 : (1) give (2) do an effort

* 드리다 : an honourific word of 주다

* 고쳐 주다 / 고쳐 드리다 : do an effort to fix something up

* -어 주다 / -아 주다 / -여 주다 : (1) allow; permit (2) do an effort; keep (on)

* -어 드리다 / -아 드리다 / -여 드리다 : (1) allow; permit (2) do an effort; keep (on)

* 드리겠습니다 : 드리(the stem of 드리다) + -겠(one’s will) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)