ending sentences/thoughts with ~~구만 // ~~만 // 구요

[molores]

Does anyone know what the ending 구만 or 만 or 구요is? At first i thought 구만 was 그만 as in stop and 만 as in only but i keep hearing people say a 명사 and then end with 구만 or 만 and i have no idea what the nuance is for this ending? is it just a declarative ending. As for the 구요 ending is it the same as 구나 as in "so it's like this.."

thanks!

[cheri]

I'll take a guess and say that the 구요(고요) ending you were seeing might have been used to add to a previous statement, ie. 맛없어요. 가격도 비싸고요. Unless it's reported speech... i.e. 비싸다고요? Do you have an example?

[cheri]

As for the 구요 ending is it the same as 구나 as in "so it's like this.."

If this were the case it would be ~군요 (i.e. 갈 길이 멀군요 [멀구나]).

[molores]

hey! thanks for the reply... here's a couple i found on the net..

곧 결혼하겠구만
머리 빠지는 구만.
정말 맛나 보이는 요리구만.

I'm thinking 만 and 구요 have similar meanings?

or is 구요 really 고(요)?

[molores]

hope this helps

농구가 하고 싶다구요?
돈이 풀렸다구요?
스트레스는 받지 마시구요.
친다는 군요 추측일수도 있구요

[manyakumi]

곧 결혼하겠구만
머리 빠지는 구만.
정말 맛나 보이는 요리구만.

I'm thinking 만 and 구요 have similar meanings?

It's colloquial error of 구먼.
and similar with 군 or 군요 but 구요.
It shows the speaker is focusing on the new info or his mind what he is talking about.

곧 결혼하겠군.
머리 빠지는군.
정말 맛나 보이는 요리군.

Of course attaching 요 makes them polite.

[manyakumi]

농구가 하고 싶다구요?
돈이 풀렸다구요?
스트레스는 받지 마시구요.
친다는 군요 추측일수도 있구요

Two above have same meaning with _고 하다/_고 말하다

농구가 하고 싶다고 했어요?
돈이 풀렸다고 했어요?

Two below have meaning of "and/or".

스트레스는 받지 마시고 (편히 계세)요.
친다는군요 추측일 수도 있고 (아닐 수도 있어)요.


Now you will see what's right among 구요 and 고요.
Did I make things clear?

[kyuree]

molores, I think that colloquially (and so also on the internet) people often pronounce 고 as 구. Women do that more than men I think because it makes them sound "cute".

[manyakumi]

molores, I think that colloquially (and so also on the internet) people often pronounce 고 as 구. Women do that more than men I think because it makes them sound "cute".

True.
Actually no one pronounce as ~고요 these days.
Only in the textbook I guess.
Probably that's why 고 노무현 전대통령's habit was so unique and became popular.

"맞습니다. 맞고요.."

[holdfast]

잠깐만요~~ 딴 걸 이해 하는데 "구만" 좀 설명해주세요 만야꿈이선생님 ^^

[manyakumi]

잠깐만요~~ 딴 걸 이해 하는데 "구만" 좀 설명해주세요 만야꿈이선생님 ^^

It's same with -군.
Actually -구먼 is right, not -구만.
But everybody says -구만 these days.
Maybe because -구먼 sounds like kinda old feeling I guess.

It has the nuance of self-talking that shows the speaker is focusing on the new information.

한국어를 잘해서 좋겠구먼.
= 한국어를 잘해서 좋겠군.
(I guess) you must be happy since you're good at speaking Korean.

이게 그거구먼.
= 이게 그거군.
(I found) this is the one.

에밀리가 이제 오는구먼.
= 에밀리가 이제 오는군.
Now (I see) Emily's coming.

[holdfast]

It's same with -군.
Actually -구먼 is right, not -구만.
But everybody says -구만 these days.
Maybe because -구먼 sounds like kinda old feeling I guess.

It has the nuance of self-talking that shows the speaker is focusing on the new information.

한국어를 잘해서 좋겠구먼.
= 한국어를 잘해서 좋겠군.
(I guess) you must be happy since you're good at speaking Korean.

이게 그거구먼.
= 이게 그거군.
(I found) this is the one.

에밀리가 이제 오는구먼.
= 에밀리가 이제 오는군.
Now (I see) Emily's coming.

아~~ 알겠습니다~ 감사합니다~~ ^^

[kimchiandsoju]

sounds like its kind of like ...구나 then? or is that more of a 'mildly-suprised-talking-to-ones-self-out-loud' kind of thing?

[holdfast]

from my understanding, 구나 is an informal version of 군요.. so it would be the same thing then. someone correct me if i'm wrong ^^

[manyakumi]

'mildly-suprised-talking-to-ones-self-out-loud' kind of thing?

Exactly what I wanted to say!