2025-06-16

Let's learn about "지금은 어때요?"

지금은 어때요? : How’s this now?; Any better?; Is this better?

ex)

A. 지금은 어때요? : How’s this now?

B. 똑같아요. 그냥 내일 다시 전화하실래요? : It’s the same. Why don’t you call me back tomorrow?

[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- 지금은 어떠니? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 지금은 어떠냐? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 지금은 어떤가? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 지금은 어떤지? (to the younger people or friendly)
- 지금은 어때? (to the younger people or friendly)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 지금은 어떤가요? (honourific by '-요')
- 지금은 어떤지요? (honourific by '-요')
- 지금은 어때요? (honourific by '-요')

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- 지금은 어떠세요? (more honourific by '시')
- 지금은 어떠셔요? (more honourific by '시')
- 지금은 어떠신가요? (more honourific by '시')
- 지금은 어떠신지요? (more honourific by '시')
- 지금은 어떠십니까.?(more honourific by '시')
- 지금은 어떻습니다? (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]
* 지금 : now
* -은 : a time suffix; this emphasizes 지금

* 어떻다 = 어떠하다 : a short form of 어떠하다(be how)
* 어땠다 = 어떠했다 : past tense of 어떻다 / 어떠하다 by '-었-'; ㅎ of 어떻 erased and 떠 + 었 contracted into 땠; 하 + 었 contracted into 했

* 어떠니? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ of 어떻 erased before ㄴ) + -니?(an interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 어떠냐? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ of 어떻 erased before ㄴ) + -냐?(an interrogative verb ending suffix)
* 어떤가요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ of 어떻 erased before ㄴ and 떠 + -ㄴ contracted into 떤) + -ㄴ가?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 어떤지요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ of 어떻 erased before ㄴ and 떠 + -ㄴ contracted into 떤) + -ㄴ지?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 어때요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; 떠 + -어 contracted into 때) + -어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 어떠세요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ of 어떻 erased before ㅅ) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -어 contracted into 세) + -어?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 어떠셔요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ of 어떻 erased before ㅅ) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -여 contracted into 셔) + -여?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 어떠신가요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ of 어떻 erased before ㅅ) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -ㄴ contracted into 신) + -ㄴ가?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 어떠신지요? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ of 어떻 erased before ㅅ) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -ㄴ contracted into 신) + -ㄴ지?(an interrogative  verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 어떠십니까? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다; ㅎ of 어떻 erased before ㅅ) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -ㅂ contracted into 십) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative  verb ending suffix) 
* 어떻습니까? : 어떻(the stem of 어떻다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative  verb ending suffix) 

* a verb + -니? / -냐? / -어? / -ㄴ가? / -ㄴ지? : a non-honourific interrogative  verb ending suffix
* a verb + -나? / -어? / -ㄴ가? / -ㄴ지? +  -요 : an honourific ending suffix
* a verb + -세요? / -셔요? / -신가요? / -신지요? / -십니까? / -습니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific  interrogative  verb ending suffix by ‘시-‘ / '-스' / ‘-ㅂ’ / ‘-요’

* 똑 : [=조금도 틀림없이•영락없이] exactly; certainly; surely; definitely

* 같다 : [Pronunciation: 갇따] [=동일하다] be the same; be identical ; be the self same

* 똑같다 : be the same definitely

* 똑같아요 : 똑같(the stem of 똑같다) + -아(a declarative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix) 
* 똑같습니다 : 똑같(the stem of 똑같다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습 + -ㅂ니다(an honourific declarative verb ending suffix)

* 그냥 : (1) [=그대로] as it is; as it stands; intact; in the same way as before; still (2) [=줄곧•계속해서] all the time[way]; (all) through; throughout; continuously (3) [=단지] just; only
- 단지 (조용히) 그냥 앉아 있다 : I'm just sitting quietly

* 내일 : [來日] [=명일] tomorrow

* 다시 : again

* 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 : (1) do (2) [=걸다] dial in the sentence

* 전화하다 = 전화를 하다 = 전화를 걸다 : call someone by one’s phone

* 하실래요?: 하(the stem of 하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -ㄹ contracted into 실) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense)+ -래?(a non-honourific imperative or propositive verb ending suffix means "Let's ~ " or "please ~ ") + -요(an honourific  verb ending suffix)

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