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10분이나 전화를 걸었는데요! = 10분이나 전화를 했는데요!: I’ve been ringing you for a good ten minutes!

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 10분이나 전화를 걸었다. (to younger people or friends)

- 10분이나 전화를 걸었네. (to younger people or friends)

- 10분이나 전화를 걸었어. (to younger people or friends)

- 10분이나 전화를 걸었는데! (to younger people or friends)

- 10분이나 전화를 했다. (to younger people or friends)

- 10분이나 전화를 했네. (to younger people or friends)

- 10분이나 전화를 했어. (to younger people or friends)

- 10분이나 전화를 했는데! (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 10분이나 전화를 걸었네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 10분이나 전화를 걸었어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 10분이나 전화를 걸었는데요! (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 10분이나 전화를 했네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 10분이나 전화를 했어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 10분이나 전화를 했는데요! (honourific by ‘-요’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>

- 10분이나 전화를 걸었습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

- 10분이나 전화를 했습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]

* 전화 : [電話] a telephone; a phone; a phone call;  a ring; a cell phone; a mobile phone

* -를 : a particle makes 전화 objective after a word ends in a vowel

* 10분 : [Pronunciation: 십분] 10 minutes

* 10분이나 : 10분 + -이나(A postpositional particle used to indicate that the amount of something is larger than expected or to emphasize a large amount: 수량이 예상되는 정도를 넘거나 꽤 크거나 많음을 강조하는 조사)

* 걸다 : (1) [=매달다] hang ; hook(걸쇠에); suspend; put up; set up (2) [=잠그다] lock; fasten; turn a key; bar[bolt] (3) bet; stake (4) speak to; talk to (5) [=전화를 걸다] make a phone call

- 영어로 말을 걸다 : talk to[address] in English

* 전화를 걸다 = 전화하다 = 전화를 하다 = : call someone by one’s phone

* 걸었다 : past tense of 걸다 by '-었-'

* 걸었어요 : 걸었(the stem of 걸었다) + -어(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 걸었는데요 : 걸었(the stem of 걸었다) + -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)

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

* 하다 : do

* 했다 : past tense of 하다 by '-었-'; 하 + -었 contracted into 했

* 했어요 : 했(the stem of 했다) + -어(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 했는데요 : 했(the stem of 했다) + -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)

* 했습니다 : 했(the stem of 했다) + 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'