2025-07-11

Let's learn about "제 배터리가 다 돼 가요"

제 배터리가 다 돼 가요 : I’m running out of battery for/on my cell phone; My phone’s running out of battery; My phone’s running low on battery; My battery is almost dead.

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A. 여보세요? 왜 그래? 왜 갑자기 대답이 없어? : Are you there? What’s going on? How come you’re not responding?

B. 미안. 배터리가 얼마 없어. 곧 끊어질 거야 : Sorry, my phone’s running low on battery. It’s going to hang up on you soon

[other expressions]
<반말(talking down to)>
- 내 배터리가 다 돼 간다. (to younger people or friends)
- 내 배터리가 다 돼 가네. (to younger people or friends)
- 내 배터리가 다 돼 가. (to younger people or friends)
- 내 배터리가 다 돼 가는데. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>
- 제 배터리가 다 돼 가네요. (honourific by '요')
- 제 배터리가 다 돼 가요. (honourific by '요')
- 제 배터리가 다 돼 가는데요. (honourific by '요')
- 제 배터리가 다 돼 갑니다. (formal; honourific by '-ㅂ')

* [Memo]
* Extreme honorifics(극존칭) are not used when the subject(주어) is not a person(사람). In other words, extreme honorifics(극존칭) are used only when the subject(주어) is a person(사람) :  주어가 사람이 아닌 경우는 극존칭을 사용하지 않는다. 즉, 주어가 사람인 경우에만 극존칭을 사용한다

[explanations]
* 나 : I (non-honourific word to younger people or friends)
* 저 : I (honourific word to the elderly)
* -의 : a suffix makes 나 / 저 possesive

* 나의 = 내 : my (non-honourific word to younger people or friends)
* 저의 = 제 : my (honourific word to the elderly)

* 휴대 : [携帶] carrying
- 휴대용의 : portable / hand / pocket / handy (to carry)
- 그는 총기를 휴대하고 있었다 : He was carrying a gun

* 전화[電話] : a telephone; a phone

* 휴대 전화 = 핸드폰 = 스마트폰 = 휴대폰 : cellphone, (formal) cellular phone, (Brit) mobile (phone); smart phone
* -의 : a suffix makes 휴대폰 possesive

* 밧데리 : battery
* -가 : a particle makes 휴대폰 밧데리 subjective after a word ends in  vowel

* 다 : all

* 되다 : (1) become (2) be done; be completed; be finished (3) [=다하다; as the form of 다 되다] come to end; run out; be out[up]; be used up
- 연료가 다 되었다 : The gasoline[fuel] is[has run] out
- 계약 기한이 다 되었다 : The contract has run out[expired] / The lease is out
- 그는 돈이 다 되었다 : He has run through all his money. / His money came to an end
- 이 자전거도 이제 다 되었다 : This bike has seen its day. / This bicycle has done[served] its time

* 돼 : a short form of 되어
* 되어 : 되(the stem of 되다) + -어(a connective suffix between two verbs)

* 가다 : go

* 간다 : present tense of 가다 by '-ㄴ'

* 다 되어 간다 : It's almost done

* 가 : 가(the stem of 가다; 가 + 아 contracted into 가) + -아(a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix)
* 갑니다 : 가(the stem of 가다) + -ㅂ니다(an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘-ㅂ’)

* a verb + -다 / -네 / -아 / -어 / -는데 : a non-honourific descriptive verb ending suffix
* a verb + -네 / -아 / -어 / -는데 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix
* a verb + -습니다 / -ㅂ니다 : an honourific descriptive verb ending suffix by ‘스’ / ‘-ㅂ’

* 여보세요 : hellow; hi on the telephone
* 여보세요 : Are you there?

* 왜 : why

* 그러하다 / 그리하다 / 그렇다 : [Pronunciation: 그럳타] be so; be such

* 그래 : (1) [긍정의 대답(an affirmative answer)] yes; ok; okay [부정 의문문(a negative question)] no (2) [감탄•가벼운 놀라움] a word indicates an exclamation;a slight surprise
* 그래요? : 그래 + -요?(a non-honourific interrogative ending suffix)

* 갑자기 : suddenly

* 대답 : [對答] a reply; an answer; a response
* -이 : a particle makes 대답 subjective after a word ends in a consonant

* 없다 : [Pronunciation: 업따] be not; not exist; there is no

* 없어요 : [Pronunciation: 업서요] 없(the stem of 없다) + -어?(an interrogative verb ending suffix) + -요(an honourific ending suffix)

* 미안 : be sorry

* 밧데리 : battery
* -가 : a particle makes 휴대폰 밧데리 subjective after a word ends in  vowel

* 얼마 : how many; how much

* 얼마 없다 : not much

* 곧 : [=금방] immediately; instantly; directly; soon enough; at once; quick(ly); straight off; [=즉석에서] on the spot; [=오래잖아] soon; shortly; presently; before long

* 끊다 : [Pronunciation: 끈타; ㅎ + ㄷ -> ㅌ] disconnect

* 끊어 : 끊(the stem of 끊다) + -어(a connective suffix between two verbs)

* 지다 : [a suffix makes a verb passive form] become; grow; get; come to

* 끊어지다 : be disconnect

* 끊어질 : 끊어지(the stem of 끊어지다; 지 + -ㄹ contracted into 질) + -ㄹ(a suffix makes a verb future tense and adnominal)

* 거야 : a short form of 것이야
* 것 : (1) a thing (2) this makes a verb infinitive in English

* 이다 : be
* 것이야 : 것 + 이(the stem of 이다) + -야(a non-honourific declarative verb ending suffix)

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