2025-04-24

Let's learn about "전화 온 데 없었어요?"

(제가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 없었어요? = (제가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 있었어요?: Were there any calls for me?; Did anyone call (me)?; Any messages (for me)? ; Any calls while I was out?

[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- (내가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 없었니? (to younger people or friends)
- (내가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 없었나? (to younger people or friends)
- (내가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 없었냐? (to younger people or friends)
- (내가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 없었어? (to younger people or friends)
- (내가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 없었는가? (to younger people or friends)
- (내가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 없었는지? (to younger people or friends)

- (내가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 있었니? (to younger people or friends)
- (내가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 있었나? (to younger people or friends)
- (내가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 있었냐? (to younger people or friends)
- (내가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 있었어? (to younger people or friends)
- (내가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 있었는가? (to younger people or friends)
- (내가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 있었는지? (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- (제가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 없었나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- (제가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 없었어요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- (제가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 없었는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- (제가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 없었는지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- (제가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 있었나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- (제가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 있었어요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- (제가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 있었는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)
- (제가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 있었는지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- (제가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 없었습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

- (제가 없는 동안) 전화 온 데 있었습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

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

* 없다 : [Pronunciation: 업따] be not ; don’t exist; there is not ; there are not

* 없는 : 없(the stem of 없다) + -는(a suffix makes a verb adnominal)

* adnominal [관형사(형)] : an adjective or a modifying phrase attached to or modifying a noun, a noun phrase, a noun clause or a noun sentence
* adverbial [부사(형)] : an adverb attached to or modifying a verb

* 동안 : [童顔][=어려 보이는 얼굴] baby face; a boyish face <-- 동(baby; young) + 안(face)
- 그는 동안이다 : He has a baby face
- 그는 여전히 동안이다  :He still has a boyish look

* 동안 : <명사(noun)> (a space of) time; a period; a span; a while; [=간격] an interval; a space; <부사적(adverbial)> in; for ; during ; between; [=사이] in the course of ; as[so] long as
- 과거 5년 동안 : for the past five years
- 그 동안 : meanwhile / in the meantime
- 오랫동안 : for a long time[while]
- 살아 있는 동안은 : as long as one lives / while one lives
- 10분 동안을 두고 = 10분 사이를 두고 = 10분 새를 두고 : at intervals of ten minutes
- 일정 기간 동안에 : within a certain[given] period of time
- 자리를 비운 동안에 = 자리를 비운 사이에 = 자리를 비운 새에 : during one's absence / while one is out

* -에 : a time suffix; this omitted

* 전화 : [電話] a telephone; a phone; a phone call;  a ring; a cell phone; a mobile phone
* -가 : a particle makes 전화 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 오다 : come
* 왔다 : past tense of 오다 by '-았-'; 오 + -았 contracted into 왔
* 왔었다 : past perfect of 왔다 by '-았-'

* 전화(가) 오다 : Telephone rings
* 전화(가) 왔다 : I got a call
* 전화(가) 왔었다 : There was a call

* 온 : 오(the stem of 오다; 오 + -ㄴ contracted into 온) + -ㄴ(a suffix makes a verb past tense and adnominal)

* 데 : [=곳] place
* -가 : a particle makes 가는 데 subjective after a word ends in a vowel
* -이 : a particle makes 가는 곳 subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 없다 : [Pronunciation: 업따] (1) be not ; don’t exist; there is not ; there are not (2) don't have (3) [as the form of -를/을/-ㄹ 수 없다] be unable to do
* 있다 : [Pronunciation: 읻따; ㅅ + ㄷ should be always pronounced as 따] (1) be; exist; there is[are] (2) have (3) [as the form of -를/을/-ㄹ 수 있다] be able to do

* 없었다 : past tense of 없다 by '-었-'
* 있었다 : past tense of 있다 by '-었-'

* 없었습니까? : 없었(the stem of 없었다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)
* 있었습니까? : 없었(the stem of 없었다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

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

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