Let's learn about "잘 들리세요?"

잘 들리세요? : Can you hear me?; Can you hear my voice?; Do you hear me clearly?; Am I coming in clear?

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 잘 들리니? (to younger people or friends)

- 잘 들리나? (to younger people or friends)

- 잘 들리지? (to younger people or friends)

- 잘 들리냐? (to younger people or friends)

- 잘 들리는가? (to younger people or friends)

- 잘 들리는지? (to younger people or friends)

- 잘 들려? (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 잘 들리나요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 잘 들리지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 잘 들리죠? (honourific by ‘-요’; -죠 a short form of -지요?)

- 잘 들리는가요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 잘 들리는지요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 잘 들려요? (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 잘 들립니까? (formal; honourific by ‘-ㅂ’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>

- 잘 들리세요? (more honourific by ‘시’)

- 잘 들리셔요? (more honourific by ‘시’)

- 잘 들리십니까? (more honourific by ‘시’)

[explanations]

* 잘 : well

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

* 들으시다 : honourific word of 듣다 by '-으시-'; ㄷ changed into ㄹ before 으시; '-으시-' used after the sten of a verb ends in a consonant

* 들었다 : past tense of 듣다 by '-었-'; ㄷ changed into ㄹ before 었

* 들리다 : passive form of 듣다 by '-리-'; ㄷ changed into ㄹ before 리

* 들리시다 : an honourific word of 들리다 by '-시-'

* 들렸다 : past tense of 들리다 by '-였-'; 리 + -였 contracted into 렸

* 들려요? : 들리(the stem of 들리다; 리 + -여 contracted into 려) + -어?(an interrogative verb suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 들립니까? : 들리(the stem of 들리다; 리 + -ㅂ contracted into 립) + -ㅂ니까?(an  honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

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

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

* 들리십니까? : 들리(the stem of 들리다) + -시(a suffix makes a verb more honourific; 시 + -ㅂ contracted into 십) + -ㅂ니까?(an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -니? / -나? / -냐? / -지? / -는가? / -는지? / -어? : a non-honourific interrogative verb ending suffix

* a verb +  -나? / -지? / -는가? / -는지? / -어? + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -(으)세요? / -(으)셔요? / -습니까? / -ㅂ니까? / -(으)십니까? : an honourific interrogative verb ending suffix by ‘-시” / '-스' / ‘-ㅂ’