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V+(으)세요

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Polite Command Polite Question Polite Statement

1.

Polite Command

please do

A polite imperative form used to give instructions or make requests.

Example

여기 앉으세요.

Please sit here.
이 길로 쭉 가세요.

Please go straight on this road.
조심하세요.

Please be careful.

Related to

V+(으)십시오 (Politely asking)

2.

Polite Question

do you, are you

Politely ask about someone's action or state.

Example

지금 어디에 계세요?

Where are you now?
무슨 일을 하세요?

What do you do?
시간이 있으세요?

Do you have time?
어떤 음악을 좋아하세요?

What kind of music do you like?

3.

Polite Statement

you do, you are

Used to politely state someone's action or state.

Example

선생님은 한국어를 가르치세요.

The teacher teaches Korean.
부모님은 서울에 계세요.

My parents are in Seoul.
생일이세요.

It's your birthday.
할머니께서 편찮으세요.

My grandmother is ill.

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