존이에요? : John?; Is this John?; Am I speaking to John?; You must be John; You’ve gotta be John; You have got to be John
ex)
A. 신시아와 통화하고 싶은데요. 전 대학 친구입니다. : I’d like to talk to Cynthia, please. This is a friend of hers from college.
B. 너 존이야? 어머나, 정말 오랜만이구나! : John? Is that you? My god, I haven’t heard from you in/for ages!
[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- 존이니? (to younger people or friends)
- 존이냐? (to younger people or friends)
- 존이야? (to younger people or friends)
- 존인가? (to younger people or friends)
- 존인지? (to younger people or friends)
- 존이지? (to younger people or friends)
<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 존인가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 존인지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 존이지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 존이에요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- 존입니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)
<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- 존이십니까? (more honourific by '-시-')
[explanations]
* 존 : John
* -이다 : be
* 입니까? : 이(the stem of 이다; 이 + -ㅂ contracted into 입) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 이십니까? : 이(the stem of 이다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -ㅂ contracted into 십) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* a verb + -니? / -냐? / -야? / -ㄴ가? / -ㄴ지? / -지? / -어? / -아? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix
* a verb + -ㄴ가? / -ㄴ지? / -지? / -어? / -아? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -예요? / -이에요? / -입니까? / -십니까? / -습니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific interrgative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅅ-‘ / ‘-요’
* 신시아 : Cynthia
* -와 : with; this is used after a word ends in a vowel
* -과: with; this is used after a word ends in a consonant
* 통화[通貨] : currency; the medium of circulation; current coins
* 통화[通話] : conversation by telephone; a telephone call
* -를 : a particle makes 통화 objective after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted
* 통화하다 = 통화를 하다 : talk by phone
* 통화하시다 : an honourific form of 통화하다 by '-시-'
* 통화하고 : 통화하(tje stem of 통화하다) + -고(in order to; a connective suffix between two verbs)
* 싶다 : want; hope
* -고 싶다 : want to do
* 싶은데요 : 싶(the stem of 싶다) + -은데/-ㄴ데(A sentence-final ending used to ask the listener while anticipating his/her answer: 일정한 대답을 요구하며 물어보는 뜻을 나타내는 종결 어미) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 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
* 대학 : [大學] : [=종합 대학] a university; [=단과 대학] a colleg
* 친구 : [親舊] a friend; [=동지] a companion; a mate; a fellow; a comrade; a pal; a chum; [=교우] a circle; company
* 입니다 : 이(the stem of 이다; 이 + -ㅂ contracted into 입) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific declarative verb ending suffix)
* 너 / 니 : you
* -는 : a particle makes 너 / 니 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel; this omitted
* 존 : John
* 이다 : be
* 이야? : 이(the stem of 이다) + -야?(a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 어머나! : Oh, my! (by female)
* 정말 / 정말로 / 진짜 / 진짜로 / 너무 / 엄청 : too much
* 오랜 : long, old, long-time
- 오랜 친구 : an old friend
* -만 : (1) [시간의 경과] after the lapse of ‥; interval (2) [=단지·다만·뿐] only; alone; merely; just; [한도·범위] as many[much] as; as[so] far as; at least
* 오랜만 : a short form of 오래간만
* 오래간만(에) : after a long time[interval / silence / absence / separation] / for the first time in a long time[while]; 간 of 오래간만 means between two times (old time and current time)
* 이다 : be
* 이구나! : 이(the stem of 이다) + -구나!(a non-honourific exclamative verb ending suffix)
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