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Summary 80: Final sentence honorific imperative - 세요

The final honorary - (으) 세요 :

• serves to show respect to the subject of the sentence , in this case is the listener.
  
• Used in the imperative, ie when making an application and to be honorary This is aimed at older people to our own, of higher social status or when we want to show respect.
  

Construction:

• finished with verb root consonant :
[root consonant] 으세요
• finished verb rooted in vocal :
[root vowel] 세요

Examples :

• verb come: 오다
  
• estate 오
  
• 오세요 = come, please.
  
• 어서 오세요 = greeting often used in restaurants, shops "Welcome", "Enter" ...
  
• 친구 도 같이 오세요 = Come with your friend too.
  

• verb read: 읽다
  
• estate 읽
  
• 읽으 세요 = read (this), please.
  
• 책 읽으 세요 = read (a) book, please.
  

More examples:

• 누구 세요? = Who are you? (In imperative, we are actually asking to be identified but more short)
  
• 물 좀 주세요. = Give me some water, please.
  

honorary

Another final for the same purpose is (으) 십시오.

uses are the same, and construction is the same way except that instead of writing (으) 세요 write (으) 십시오.

The only difference is that (으) 십시오 is even more formal (으) 세요. Summary



related: Infix
honorary - (으) 시 -