2025-05-27

Let's learn about "이만 끊을게요"

이만 끊을게요 : I’d better go; I’d better let you go; I’m gonna have to let you go; I have to hang up; I have to go now; We’d better finish up; I won’t keep you any longer

[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- 이만 끊는다. (to younger people or friends)
- 이만 끊네. (to younger people or friends)
- 이만 끊어. (to younger people or friends)

- 이만 끊을게. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 이만 끊네요. (honourific by '-요')
- 이만 끊어요. (honourific by '-요')

- 이만 끊을게요. (honourific by '-요')

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- 이만 끊습니다. (formal; more homourific by '-스')

- 이만 끊겠습니다. (formal; more homourific by '-스')

[explanations]
* 이만 : (1) [=이 정도의] this [so] much [many, large, long, wide]; to this extent [degree] (2) [=이만하고서] by this (much); this far [high]; [=지금•당장] now
- 이만 짐은 아무것도 아니다 : This much baggage is just nothing
- 오늘은 이만 (합시다) : So much[That's all] for today. / This is all for today
- 그럼 이만 가보겠습니다 : I must say good-bye now. / Now I ask you excuse myself
- 오늘 일은 이만 끝냅시다 : Let us leave off work. / Let's call it a day

* 끊다 : [Pronunciation: 끈따] (1) [=절단하다] sever; cut (off); chop off; break (2) [=단절하다] sever ; break off ; break with; cut ; cut off ; [=중단·차단하다] cut off; stop; shut off; intercept; interrupt; (꼭지·스위치 등을 조작하여) turn off (3) [=(계속하던 행위를) 그치다] pause; stop; break off; (전화를) cut off; switch off; disconnect;  hang up (the receiver); ring off
- 그는 갑자기 말을 끊었다 : He suddenly stopped talking. / He broke off abruptly
- 그는 전화를 끊었다 : He hung up
- 전화를 끊지 말아 주시오 : Hold it[Hold on] just a minute, please. / Hold the line, please. / Please do not cut off (the phone)

* 끊는다 : [Pronunciation: 끈는다] present tense of 끊다 by '-ㄴ다'

* 끊을게요 : 끊(the stem of 끊다) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -을게(one’s will) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 끊습니다 : 끊(the stem of 끊다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific declarative verb ending suffix)
* 끊겠습니다 : 끊(the stem of 끊다) + -겠(one’s will) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific declarative verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -는다 / -네 / -어 / -ㄹ게 : a non-honourific declarative verb ending suffix has an honourific
* a verb + -네 / -어 / -ㄹ게 + -요 : an honourific ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : a declarative verb ending suffix has an honourific by ‘-스’ / ‘-ㅂ

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