Sunday, June 27, 2010

AV-(으)세요 Informal Request / V-(으)세요 Formal interrogative verb ending

This verb ending is used to express a request in the informal style.

여기에 앉으세요.
안녕히 가세요.
맛있게 드세요.
안녕히 주무세요.


When the subject of a sentence is older than the speaker (or higher in social status) (으)시 + 어요 produces (으)세요. (으)시 is the honorific pre-final ending and 어요 is the verb ending. According to the intonation of (으)세요, it could be a statement, or a question or a request.

돈이 많으세요?
선생님, 지금 시간이 있으세요?
한국 음식을 좋아하세요?
경희대학교에 다니세요?

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