It’s better that we call your parents in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

부모님께 (bumonimkke)
• 부모님: "parents" with the honorific suffix -님 adding respect
• -께: a particle meaning “to” or “toward” (used for people you show respect)

전화드리는 (jeonhwa deurineun)
• 전화: "phone call" or "telephone"
• 드리는: the honorific present participle form of 드리다, a respectful verb meaning “to give” (here used in the sense of “to call,” implying doing a favor)
  – The verb is in its modifying form, linking the action to the subject “thing” with the next word 게

게 (ge)
• Abbreviated form of “것이” (geosi) meaning “thing is,” turning the prior verb phrase into the subject of the sentence

더 (deo)
• Means “more” or “better” when comparing

좋아요 (johayo)
• Polite present conjugation of 좋다 (to be good)

Combined, the sentence translates roughly as “It’s better to call (or giving a call to) your parents.”

Tips to remember:
• Notice how -께 is used after a noun referring to people of respect.
• The form 전화드리는 is a respectful way of saying “calling;” using 드리다 adds honorific nuance.
• The structure “verb-modifying form + 게” allows a phrase (here, “calling your parents”) to function as the subject for the predicate 좋다.

Alternate ways to express “It’s better that we call your parents”:
• 부모님께 전화 드리는 것이 좋겠어요.
  – Literally: “Calling your parents would be good.”
• 부모님께 전화를 드리는 게 더 좋을 것 같아요.
  – Literally: “It seems that giving them a phone call is better.”
• (Informal/Honorific variation) 부모님께 전화하는 게 더 좋아요.
  – Uses 전화하는 instead of 전화드리는, which is less honorific but still acceptable depending on context.

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