Let's learn about "듣고 계세요?"

듣고 계세요? : Are you listening?; Are you with me?; Are you still there?; You there?

ex)

A. 듣고 계세요? : You still there?

B. 네, 말씀하세요. 듣고 있어요 : Yeah, go ahead, I’m still here

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 듣고 있니? (to younger people or friends)

- 듣고 있나? (to younger people or friends)

- 듣고 있냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 듣고 있어? (to younger people or friends)

- 듣고 있는가? (to younger people or friends)

- 듣고 있는지? (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 듣고 있나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 듣고 있어요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 듣고 있는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 듣고 있는지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>

- 듣고 있습니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘스’)

- 듣고 계세요? (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)

- 듣고 계셔요? (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)

- 듣고 계신가요? (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)

- 듣고 계신지요? (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)

- 듣고 계십니까? (formal; more honourific by ‘시’)

[explanations]

* 듣다 : [Pronunciation: 듣따; ㄷ + ㄷ -> ㄸ] hear; listen

* 듣고 : 듣(the stem of 듣다) + -고(a connective suffix between two verbs)

* 있다 : [Pronunciation: 읻따; ㅅ + ㄷ -> ㄸ] be; exist; stay; have

* 계시다 : an honourific word of 있다; be; stay; be located

* 계신다 : present tense of 계시다 by '-ㄴ'

* -고 있다 : be in the middle of ...ing; (1) An expression used to state that the act mentioned in the preceding statement is continued: 앞말이 나타내는 행동이 계속 진행됨을 나타내는 표현 (2) An expression used to state that the result of the act mentioned in the preceding statement is continued: 앞말이 나타내는 행동의 결과가 계속됨을 나타내는 표현)

* -고 있었다 : past tense of 고 있다 by '-었-'

* 있어요?: 있(the stem of 있다) + -어(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 있습니까? : 있(the stem of 있다) + -스(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* 계세요? : 계시(the stem of 계시다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -어 contracted into 세) + -어?(an interrogative verb suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 계셔요? : 계시(the stem of 계시다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -여 contracted into 셔) + -여?(an interrogative verb suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 계신가요? : 계시(the stem of 계시다; 시 + -ㄴ contracted into 신) + -ㄴ가?(an interrogative verb suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 계신지요? : 계시(the stem of 계시다; 시 + -ㄴ contracted into 신) + -ㄴ지?(an interrogative verb suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 계십니까? : 계시(the stem of 계시다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -ㅂ contracted into 십) + -ㅂ니까?(an interrogative descriptive verb ending suffix)

* 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? / -십니까? / -ㅂ니까? : an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘스-‘ / '시-' / ‘-ㅂ’

* 네 = 예 : yes

* 말하다 = 말을 하다 : say; tell; speak

* 말씀하다 = 말씀을 하다 : an honourific form of 말하다 to the elderly, customer or unfamiliar people; in general, this is used as the form of 말씀하시다 / 말씀을 하시다

* 말씀하세요 : 말씀하다(the stem of 말씀하다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -어 contracted into 세) + -어(a declarative verb suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

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