{"id":175,"date":"2009-12-25T05:19:05","date_gmt":"2009-12-25T09:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=175"},"modified":"2009-12-25T05:19:05","modified_gmt":"2009-12-25T09:19:05","slug":"honorific-polite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/honorific-polite\/","title":{"rendered":"Honorific Polite"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you know, there are different levels of politeness in Korean. We’re going to take a step further to explore the honorific polite. The honorific polite is politer than the standard polite. The standard polite ending is just \uc694<\/strong>. So the verb \uc0ac\ub2e4<\/strong> (to buy) in the standard polite is \uc0ac\uc694<\/strong>. However, the honorific polite ending is (\uc73c<\/strong>)\uc138\uc694<\/strong>. So the verb \uc0ac\ub2e4 <\/strong>in the honorific polite is \uc0ac\uc138\uc694<\/strong>. With a \ud558\ub2e4<\/strong> ending verb like \uacf5\ubd80\ud558\ub2e4<\/strong> it’ll be \uacf5\ubd80\ud558\uc138\uc694<\/strong>. Notice that the honorific polite ending also contains the \uc694<\/strong>, but has the extra \uc138<\/strong> that the standard polite doesn’t have.<\/p>\n

For \u3137<\/strong> ending verbs like \ub4e3\ub2e4<\/strong> (to hear) it’ll be \ub4e4\uc73c\uc138\uc694<\/strong>. Here you place the \uc73c<\/strong> in front of the \uc138<\/strong> because of the \u3139<\/strong>. It’s too hard to pronounce it as \ub4e4\uc138\uc694<\/strong> and therefore the \uc73c<\/strong> facilitates an easier pronunciation of the word. Then for \u3139<\/strong> ending verbs like \uc5f4\ub2e4<\/strong> (to open), it’ll be \uc5ec\uc138\uc694<\/strong>. The \u3139<\/strong> in \uc5f4<\/strong> is dropped and because there is no \u3139<\/strong>, notice you don’t need an \uc73c <\/strong>placed in the word. With \u3142<\/strong> ending verbs like \ub3d5\ub2e4<\/strong> (to help) it’ll be \ub3c4\uc6b0\uc138\uc694<\/strong>. The \u3142<\/strong> in \ub3d5<\/strong> is dropped and \uc6b0<\/strong> is placed before \uc138<\/strong>. All these verbs are conjugated in the present tense of the honorific polite. The honorific polite past tense is conjugated in a similar manner.<\/p>\n

The honorific polite past tense will have an (\uc73c<\/strong>)\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> ending. \ub4e3\ub2e4<\/strong> will be \ub4e4\uc73c\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>. Notice that the \u3137<\/strong> changes to a \u3139<\/strong> and \uc73c\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> is added. \uc5f4\ub2e4<\/strong> will be \uc5ec\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> and \ub3d5\ub2e4 <\/strong>will be \ub3c4\uc6b0\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>. The honorific polite past tense of \uacf5\ubd80\ud558\ub2e4<\/strong> will be \uacf5\ubd80\ud558\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> and \uc0ac\ub2e4<\/strong> will be \uc0ac\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>. Now what if I told you the present tense of the honorific polite of the verb\u00a0\uc788\ub2e4<\/strong> (to have, to be present) is \uc788\uc73c\uc138\uc694<\/strong>. What would be the honorific polite past tense of \uc788\ub2e4<\/strong>? It would \uc788\uc73c\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>. Just replace the \uc138\uc694<\/strong> in \uc788\uc73c\uc138\uc694<\/strong> with \uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> and you’ll get the honorific polite past tense ending.<\/p>\n

So with the copula \uc774\ub2e4<\/strong> (to be) the honorific polite ending will be (\uc774<\/strong>)\uc138\uc694<\/strong>. When the word attached to the copula\u00a0ends in\u00a0an consonant, it’ll have an \uc774\uc138\uc694<\/strong> ending like\u00a0\uc120\uc0dd\ub2d8\uc774\uc138\uc694<\/strong> (\uc120\uc0dd\ub2d8<\/strong> = teacher).\u00a0When the word attached to the copula ends in a vowel, it’ll have a \uc138\uc694 <\/strong>ending like \ud559\uad50\uc138\uc694<\/strong> (\ud559\uad50<\/strong> = school). Knowing this, how wold you conjugate the honorific polite past tense endings? It’ll be \uc120\uc0dd\ub2d8\uc774\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong> and \ud559\uad50\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>. With \uc544\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/strong> (to be not), the honorific polite ending will be \uc544\ub2c8\uc138\uc694<\/strong>, but the honorific polite past ending will be \uc544\ub2c8\uc3b4\uc5b4\uc694<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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As you know, there are different levels of politeness in Korean. We’re going to take a step further to explore the honorific polite. The honorific polite is politer than the standard polite. The standard polite ending is just \uc694. So the verb \uc0ac\ub2e4 (to buy) in the standard polite is \uc0ac\uc694. However, the honorific polite…<\/p>\n

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