What's the difference between 기억하나요? vs 기억나요?
Alternatively, what's the best way to say "Do you remember?" in polite speech?
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1. 기억하다 means' to remember something' and 기억나다 means 'to have a sudden flash of memory'.
They have slightly different meanings.
기억 (memory) + 하다 (to do) : 기억하다 (to remember)
기억 (memory) + 나다 ( something comes out ) : 기억나다 (to have a sudden flash of memory)
2. verb stem + -나요 + ?
verb stem + -아/어요 + ?
* 기억하|다 --> 기억하 + -나요 --> 기억하나요
기억하|다 --> 기억하 + -아요 --> 기억해요( irregular verb)
** Both form has the same meaning and they both are used in informal polite form. However, -나요 gives softer(feminine) feeling to listeners.
cf) 기억나요 is from 기억나다.
기억나|다 ---> 기억나 + -요 (polite ending form) --> 기억나요
* 기억나요 has a different basic verb form from 기억하나요. '기억나요' is a simple polite ending form of '기억나다'.
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기억하나요 and 기억나요 are equivalent in meaning.
Degree of politeness
:기억하시나요>>기억하나요>=기억나요
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기억 나다 means the "memory happens" (literally).
기억하다 means "remember". It is important to remember this difference, because when negated, it uses different particles.
So "I can't remember" becomes eother 기억 안 나다 (literally: "memory doesn't happen"), or 기억 못 하다.
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