Let's learn about "전화를 안 받아요"

전화를 안 받아요 : No one’s answering; No one’s there; There is no answer; It’s ringing, but no answer.

ex)

A. 집으로 전화해 봤어요? : Did you try calling his home?

B .네, 신호는 가는데 안 받더군요 : Yeah. It was ringing, but no answer

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 전화를 안 받는다. (to younger people or friends)

- 전화를 안 받네. (to younger people or friends)

- 전화를 안 받아. (to younger people or friends)

- 전화를 안 받는데. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 전화를 안 받네요. (honourific by '요')

- 전화를 안 받아요. (honourific by '요')

- 전화를 안 받는데요. (honourific by '요')

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>

- 전화를 안 받습니다. (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

* 안 : this is equal to "not" in English

* (-을/-를) 받다 : [Pronunciation: 바따] (1) receive (2) suffer

* 받는다 : present tense of 받다

* 받는데요 : 받(the stem of 받다) + -는데(A sentence-final ending used to ask the listener while anticipating his/her answer) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 받습니다 : 받(the stem of 받다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

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

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

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

* 집 : house; home

* 으로 : to

* 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

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

* 전화해 : 전화하(the stem of 전화하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a connective suffix between two verbs)

* 보다 : (1) see; look; watch (2) try to

* 전화해 보다 = 전화를 해 보다 : 전화를 걸어 보다 : try to call

* 봤다 : past tense of 보다 by '-았-'; 보 + -았 contracted into 봤

* 봤어요? : 봤(the stem of 봤다) + -어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 네 / 예 : yes; yeah

* 신호 : [信號] a signal; a sign; a cue

* -는 : a particle makes 신호 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 가다 : go

* 가는데 : 가(the stem of 가다) + -는데/-ㄴ데(A connective ending used to talk in advance about a situation to follow: 뒤의 말을 하기 위하여 그 대상과 관련이 있는 상황을 미리 말함을 나타내는 연결 어미)

* 안 : this is equal to "not" in English

* 받다 : [Pronunciation: 받따] receive

* 받더군요! : 받(the stem of 받다) + -더군!(an exclamative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)