2025-06-18

Let's learn about "무엇을 도와 드릴까요?"

뭘 도와 드릴까요? = 무엇을 도와 드릴까요? : What can I do for you?; How can I help you?: What can I help you with?; Anything I can do for you?; How can I assist your call?

* 거들다, 돕다 : assist

ex)

A. 무엇을 도와 드릴까요? : What can I do for you today?

B. 거기 대학 프로그램에 어떻게 지원하는지 좀 문의하고 싶어서요 : I would like to ask you some questions on how to apply for undergraduate programs there

[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- 뭘 도와 줄까? (to younger people or friends)

- 무엇을 도와 줄까? (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 뭘 도와 줄까요? (honourific by '-요')

- 무엇을 도와 줄까요? (honourific by '-요')

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>
- 뭘 도와 드릴까요? (honourific by '-요')

- 무엇을 도와 드릴까요? (honourific by '-요')

[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

* 뭘 : a short colloquial form of 무엇을
* 무엇 : what
* -을 : a particle makes 무엇 objective after a word ends in a consonant

* 돕다 : [ㅂ 불규칙] [Pronunciation: 돕따; ㅂ + ㄷ -> ㄸ] [=거들다] help

[Remarks about "ㅂ 불규칙]

In Korean language, All verbs ending in "-ㅂ다" follow the rules below as "ㅂ 불규칙 동사(ㅂ irregular verb)"(“-ㅂ다”로 끝나는 모든 동사는 “ㅂ 불규칙 동사”로서 아래의 규칙을 따른다)

[ㅂ 불규칙 (V irregular rule)]

* ㅂ is originally from ㅸ (ㆁ after ㅂ a sign that tells you to weakly pronounce 'ㅂ' and stop right away.

(1) the ㅂ of 돕다 is not 'B' sound but 'V' sound and V consists of ㅂ + 옛이응  ‘ㆁ’. these days  V sound changed into '우' for easy pronunciation

(2) 도운: an adjective form of 돕다; this is from 도 + ㅂ(V sound consists of ㅂ + 옛이응  ‘ㆁ’; this changed into '우') + ㄴ(a suffix makes a verb into an adjective)
- 그를 도운 사람은 누구예요? : Who helped him?

(3) 도와 : 돕(the stem of 돕다; ㅂ(V sound) changed into 우) + -아(a connective suffix between two verbs)

* 주다 : (1) give (2) have an effort to in the sentence

* 드리다 : an honourific form of 주다

* 줄까요? : 주(the stem of 주다; 주 + -ㄹ contracted into 줄) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -까?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 드릴까요? : 드리(the stem of 드리다; 리 + -ㄹ contracted into 릴) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense) + -까?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* a verb + -줄까? : a non-honourific declarative verb ending suffix
* a verb + -줄까? + -요 : an honourific ending suffix
* a verb + -ㄹ까요 : a declarative verb ending suffix has an honourific by ‘-요'

* 거기 : there

* 대학 : [大學] (종합 대학) a university; (단과 대학) a college
* 프로그램 : program
* -에 : a place suffix

* 어떻다 : [Pronunciation: 어떧타] be how
* 어떻게 : [Pronunciarion: 어떠케] (1) [=어찌] how; in what way[manner]; by what means (2) [=몹시] how (much); what; so; to what extent (3) [=어떻게든] anyway; anyhow (4) [=무엇] what
- 이 소란을 어떻게(든) 좀 해주시오 : Do something about this racket

* 지원 : [志願] desire; aspiration; application; volunteering
* 지원하다 : apply for

* 지원 : [支援] support; back up; bolster up
* 지원하다 : support

* 지원하는지 : 지원하(the stem of 지원하다) + -는지(A connective ending used to indicate an ambiguous reason or judgment about the following statement: 뒤에 오는 말의 내용에 대한 막연한 이유나 판단을 나타내는 연결 어미)

* 좀 : a little with the nuance of "Please"

* 문의 : [問議] an inquiry; a reference; a request for information
- 전화 문의 : a telephone inquiry
- 전화 문의는 삼가하여 주십시오 Please refrain from making inquiries by telephone

* 문의하다 : inquire

* 문의하고 : 문의하(the stem of  문의하다) + -고(in order to do)

* (-고) 싶다 : [Pronunciation: 십따; ㅍ + ㄷ -> ㄸ] hope; want; would like
* 싶은데요 : 싶(the stem of 싶다) + -은데/ㄴ데(a declarative verb ending suffix has a nuance with hesitation to say) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)
* 싶어서요 : 싶(the stem of 싶다) + -어서/-아서/-여서(a declarative verb ending suffix means "because of") + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

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