Lesson 11 Using -seyo

LET'S LEARN BASICS OF KOREAN LANGUAGE!
Making requests more polite

The polite honorific -seyo can be used to make requests more polite, -seyo is used when the verb stem ends in in a vowel, and -useyo is used when the verb stem ends in a consonant.

Examples of these are:-
mashi- becomes mashiseyo
ha- becomes haseyo
kidari- becomes kidariseyo
iss- becomes issuseyo
anj- becomes anjuseyo

If you want to request someone to wait for you, you would say kidariseyo (Please wait !!).
The use of -seyo means that you have a special respect for the person, for example if you say hansongsaengnim-i hakkyo-e kaseyo ,you are saying Mr Han is going to school. ( But you are also showing special respect for him ).




What you want to do ?

Koreans use -ko ship'oyo which literally means want to, and this can be added to a verb stem.
For example you may say, cho-nun mok-ko ship'oyo which means I want to eat, notice that when it is used, the -ko is utilised by being added to the end of the verb stem.




Making Suggestions

When making suggestions, Koreans use -(u)pshida ( literally means lets do), as you may have guessed, -pshida is attached onto verb stems ending in a vowel, and -upshida is attached to verbstems ending in a consonant.
Here are some examples:-
Umryosu mashipshida ( Lets have a drink )

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@shineexsmxfamily- i just remembered something, doctors are also called uisa.

like if someone asked what do you do for a living?, you'll answer-"choneun uisa-eyo or uisaimnida"

some people also call doctors as uisa-nim. :)

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HanNah28
#1
Chapter 10: nim means big in korean(means great when used after nouns). It is used to praise and cherish people but very politely
wildgreentree
#2
Chapter 7: I was taking a Korean Language Classes from a Korean Teacher and it is not as simple as learning English. Different vowels and consonants plus the double and aspirated sounds are really difficult to pronounce precisely. Not to mention the levels of honorifics. I somewhat think if you're a fluent Chinese Language Speaker it's a good head-start. But my teacher said," Great time, devotion, determinant and bravery is needed to master the language. It's not a short term thing to be done."
Dohyeonju
#3
Chapter 16: 대박... :)...
NightLess
#4
I want to learn more words! And sentences you can use. Do. Think you can put common sentences and words and phrases? Kamsamnida Songsaenim!
K3U_minwoo
#5
can I ask ?
can you already compose some sentences in Korean ?
and can you already understand Korean (both when they are speaking and in reading ) ahehehe ^^ sorry If I have lots of question ^^"
I'm just curious ^^
heyMrSimple #6
Thanks for making thissssss...
Its really a big help! ♥
hyo_jinki
#7
thank you so much for making this. ^^
its_chanyorr #8
Skipped the hangul part cos I'm good with that and went straight to the others...
Thanks for making this!!! :D
shineexsmxfamily #9
oh thanks
shineexsmxfamily #10
you said songsaengnim is for teacher right? but why do i hear some Koreans calling doctors songsaengnim also?im confused..
and I once read that you add -nim as a way of respecting that person am i right?or not?