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존이 전화해 보라고 했어요 : John told me to call; John had me call.

ex)

A. 이 번호는 또 누가 알려 줬나요? : Who gave you this number again?

B. 존이 전화해 보라고 했어요. 존 스미스요 : John told me to call. John Smith

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 존이 전화해 보라고 했다. (to younger people or friends)

- 존이 전화해 보라고 했네. (to younger people or friends)

- 존이 전화해 보라고 했어. (to younger people or friends)

- 존이 전화해 보라고 했는데. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 존이 전화해 보시라고 했네요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 존이 전화해 보시라고 했어요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

- 존이 전화해 보시라고 했는데요. (honourific by ‘-요’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>

- 존이 전화해 보시라고 했습니다. (formal; more honourific by '스')

[explanations]

* 존 : John

* -이 : a particle makes 존 subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 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 : do

* 했다 : past tense of 하다 by '-었-'; 하 + -었- contracted into 했

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

* 전화했다 : past tense of 전화하다 by '-었-'; 하 + -었 contracted into 했

* 전화하시다 : an honourific form of 전화하다 by '-시-'

* 전화하셨다 : past tense of 전화하시다 by '-였-'; 시 + -였 contracted into 셨

* 전화해 : 전화하(the stem of 전화하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a connective suffix between two verbs)

* 보다 : (1) see; look; watch (2) try in the sentence

* 보시다 : an honourific form of 보다 by '-시-'

* -어 보다 / -어 보다 / -여 보다 : try to do

* 보라고 : 보(the stem of 보다) + -라고(quote)

* 보시라고 : 보시(the stem of 보시다) + -라고(quote)

* -라고(quote; A postpositional particle used to indicate that the preceding statement was a quote: 앞말이 원래 말해진 그대로 인용됨을 나타내는 조사)

* -라고 했다 : Someone said to me that ~

* 했어요 : 했(the stem of 했다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a descriptive verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 했는데요 : 했(the stem of 했다) + -는데(a suffix has a nuance of hesitation to say other people; this used after the stem of a verb ends in a vowel) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 했습니다 : 했(the stem of 했다) + 스(a suffix makes a verb honourific; 스 + -ㅂ contracted into 습) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -어 / -는데 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix

* a verb + -네 / -어 / -는데 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb +-습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by '스' / '-ㅂ'

* 이 : this

* 전화 : [電話]  a telephone; a phone

* 번호 : [番號] number

* -는 : a particle makes 전화 번호 the topic of the sentence after a word ends in a vowel

* 또 : again

* 누 : a short form of 누구(who)

* -가 : a particle makes 누구 / 누 subjective after a word ends in a vowel

* 알다 : know

* 알리다 : let someone know; casautive form of 알다 by '-리-'

* 알려 : 알리(the stem of 알리다; 리 + -여 contracted into 려) + 여(a connective suffix between two verbs)

* 주다 : do an effort

* -어 주다 / -아 주다 / -여 주다 : (2) allow; permit (2) do an effort; keep (on)

* 줬다 : a short form of 주었다; 주 + -었 contracted into 줬

* 주었다 : past tense of 주다 by '-었-'

* 줬나요? : 줬(the stem of 줬다) + -나?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 존 스시스 : John Smith

* -요(an honourific ending suffix)