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- -(으)세요 — a statement and a request
Korean grammar · Speech Room
V-(으)세요
-(으)세요 — a statement and a request
you have been saying 앉으세요, 주세요 and 오세요 as ready-made chunks since Level 1. Now you see they are this same ending — and that it has two jobs.
Example
선생님이 오늘 일찍 오세요.
The teacher is coming early today. (a statement)

The full explanation is in the unit · part of the Speech Room Pass, opening soon · Speech Room, Unit 3
Honorifics 1: -(으)시-
The rule with a table, Sori’s tips, practice that checks itself, a review room and a one-page cheat sheet.
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