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nominal suffix -ieyo
-이에요/예요 (the Polite style) and -입니다/ㅂ니다 (the Deferential
style): equational expressions (Integrated Korean:
Beginning 1, G1.1)
Attached to a noun, they indicate an equation between two concepts,
that is, N1=N2.
In identifying their name, the speakers in the above dialogue omit
the first concept (N1), an expression referring to themselves,
which is very common in Korean.
-이에요 and -입니다 are used after a consonant, and -예요 and
-ㅂ니다 is used after a vowel.