2025-03-17

Let's learn about "너무 늦게 전화 드렸나요?"

너무 늦게 전화 드렸나요? = 너무 늦게 전화 걸었습니까? : Am I calling too late?

[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- 너무 늦게 전화했니? (to younger people or friends)
- 너무 늦게 전화했나? (to younger people or friends)
- 너무 늦게 전화했지? (to younger people or friends)
- 너무 늦게 전화했냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 너무 늦게 전화했는가? (to younger people or friends)
- 너무 늦게 전화했는지? (to younger people or friends)
- 너무 늦게 전화했어? (to younger people or friends)

- 너무 늦게 걸었니? (to younger people or friends)
- 너무 늦게 걸었나? (to younger people or friends)
- 너무 늦게 걸었지? (to younger people or friends)
- 너무 늦게 걸었냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 너무 늦게 걸었는가? (to younger people or friends)
- 너무 늦게 걸었는지? (to younger people or friends)
- 너무 늦게 걸었어? (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 너무 늦게 전화했나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 너무 늦게 전화했지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 너무 늦게 전화했죠? (honourific by ‘-요’; -죠 a short form of -지요?)
- 너무 늦게 전화했는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 너무 늦게 전화했는지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 너무 늦게 전화했어요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 너무 늦게 걸었나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 너무 늦게 걸었지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 너무 늦게 걸었죠? (honourific by ‘-요’; -죠 a short form of -지요?)
- 너무 늦게 걸었는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 너무 늦게 걸었는지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 너무 늦게 걸었어요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- 너무 늦게 전화했습니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅅ’)

- 너무 늦게 전화(를) 드렸나요? (honourific by ‘-드리다’)
- 너무 늦게 전화(를) 드렸지요? (honourific by ‘-드리다’)
- 너무 늦게 전화(를) 드렸는가요? (honourific by ‘-드리다’)
- 너무 늦게 전화(를) 드렸는지요? (honourific by ‘-드리다’)
- 너무 늦게 전화(를) 드렸습니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-스’)

- 너무 늦게 걸었습니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅅ’)

[explanations]
* 내 / 나 : I (non-honourific word)
* 제 / 저: I (honourific word)
* -가 : a particle makes 내 / 나 / 제 / 저 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 너무 : too much

* 늦은 : [Pronunciation: 느즌] late
* 늦다 : [Pronunciation: 늗따] be late
* 늦게 : [Pronunciation: 늗께] an adverb form of 늦다 by '-게'

* 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

* 하다 : do

* 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

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

* 걸었다 : past tense of 걸다 by '-었-'

* 전화했다 : past tense of 전화하다 by '-었-'; 하 + -었 contracted into 했

* 주다 : (1) give (2) do an effort to do

* 드리다 : an honourific form of 주다
* 드렸다 : past tense of 드리다  by '-였-'; 리 + -였 contracted into 렸

* 전화했습니까? : 전화했(the stem of 전화했다) + -스(s suffix makes a verb more honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 드렸습니까? : 드렸(the stem of 드렸다) + -스(s suffix makes a verb more honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 걸었습니까? : 걸었(the stem of 걸었다) + -스(s suffix makes a verb more honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -지? / -는가? / -는지? / -어? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix
* a verb +  -나? / -지? / -는가? / -는지? / -어? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -습니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ-‘

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