2025-04-15

Let's learn about "휴대 전화로 걸어 보세요"

휴대 전화로 걸어 보세요 : Try his cell phone; Call his cell; You might be able to reach him on his cell; Why don’t you try his cell?

ex)

A. 휴대 전화로 걸어 보시죠? : Why don’t you try his cell phone?

B. 해 봤는데 휴대 전화도 꺼져 있어요 : I’ve already tried. His cell is also turned off

[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 봐. (to younger people or friends)
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 봐라. (to younger people or friends)
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 보게. (to younger people or friends)
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 보게나. (to younger people or friends)
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 볼래. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 봐요. (honourific by ‘요’)
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 볼래요. (more honourific by ‘시’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 보실래요. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 보세요. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 보셔요. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 보십시오. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 보시겠어요. (more honourific by ‘시’)
- 휴대 전화로 걸어 보시겠습니까. (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)

[explanations]
* 휴대 : [携帶] carrying
- 휴대용의 : portable / hand / pocket / handy (to carry)
- 그는 총기를 휴대하고 있었다 : He was carrying a gun

* 전화[電話] : a telephone; a phone

* 휴대 전화 = 핸드폰 = 스마트폰 = 휴대폰 : cellphone, (formal) cellular phone, (Brit) mobile (phone); smart phone

* -으로/-로 : to; A postpositional particle that indicates a thought about something(어떤 사물에 대하여 생각하는 바를 나타내는 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
- ~에게 전화를 걸다 : give someone a ring

* 걸어 : 걸(the stem of 걸다) + -어(a connection suffix between two verbs)

* 보다 : (1) see; look; watch (2) try (to do)
* -아 보다 / -어 보다 / -여 보다 : try to do

* 걸어 보다 : try to call the phone

* 봐 : 보(the stem of  보다; 보 + -아 contracted into 봐) + -아(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "DO" or "Please  ~")
* 봐라 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -어라(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~" or "Please ~")
* 보게 : 보(the stem of  보다) + -게(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "DO" or "Please  ~")
* 보게나 : 보(the stem of  보다) + -게나(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "DO" or "Please  ~")
* 볼래 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -래(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~" or "Please ~")
* 볼래요 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -래(a propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~" or "Please ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 보세요 : 보(the stem of  보다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어(a propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~" or "Please ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 보셔요 : 보(the stem of  보다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -여(a propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~" or "Please ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 보실래요 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -래(a propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~" or "Please ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)
* 보십시오 : 보(the stem of  보다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ시오(an honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~" or "Please ~")
* 보시겠어요 : 보(the stem of  보다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + 겠어요(an honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~" or "Please ~")
* 보시겠습니까 : 보(the stem of  보다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific) + 겠습니까(an honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~" or "Please ~")

* a verb + -아 / -아라 / -ㄹ래 / -게 / -게나 : a non-honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~" or "Please ~"
* a verb + -아 / -ㄹ래 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix)
* a verb + -세요 / -셔요 / -실래요 / -십시오 / -ㅂ시오 / -겠어요 / -겠습니까 : an honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "DO ~" or "Please ~"

* 하다 : (1) do (2) call the phone in the sentence
* 해 : 하(the stem of 하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해)

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

* 봤는데 : 봤(the stem of 봤다) + -는데(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; -는데 used after the stem of a verb ends in a consonant)

* 휴대 전화 = 핸드폰 = 스마트폰 = 휴대폰 : cellphone, (formal) cellular phone, (Brit) mobile (phone); smart phone

* -도 : too; also; this is used instead of -가(a particle makes a noun subjective after a word ends inna vowel)

* 꺼다 : turn off
* 켜다 : turn on

* 꺼지다 : passive form of 꺼다 by '-지-'
* 켜지다 : passive form of 켜다 by '-지-'

* 꺼져 : 꺼지(the stem of 꺼지다; 지 + -여 contracted into 져) + -여(a connective suffix between two verbs; -어 changed into 여 after 지 for easy pronunciation)

* 있다 : [Pronunciation: 읻따; ㅅ + ㄷ -> ㄸ] (1) be; exist (2) [as the form of -아 있다 / -어 있다 / -여 있다] [어떤 상태에 있다] be in the state of ...ing

* 있어요 : [Pronunciation: 읻서요] 있(the stem of 있다) + -어(a declarative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

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