Speech Room · Unit 2 · On the Level 1 path

Honorifics 1: -(으)시-

Grandmother at the pine tree

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What you’ll learn

V/A-(으)시-Honorific -(으)시- — respect for the subject
V-(으)세요-(으)세요 — a statement and a request
N이세요 · N세요이세요: honorific 이다
V/A-(으)셨어요 · -(으)실 거예요-(으)시- with the past and the future

Sori’s tips in this unit

The rule: -시- goes on the subject you honour — never on yourself
How this course treats Sori-ssaem
-(으)시- works with the endings you know
Honouring through body and belongings: 키가 크세요

The scene opens

호야 씨, 저 소나무 위에 우리 할머니가 계세요.

Hoya, my grandmother is up in that pine tree.
저분이 소리쌤 할머니세요? 정말 멋있으세요! 소리쌤은 할머니를 닮으셨어요.

Is that your grandmother? She's so stylish! You take after her, Sori-ssaem.
고마워요. 할머니는 매일 아침 노래하세요. 자, 할머니께 인사하세요.

Thank you. She sings every morning. Now, say hello to her.

Inside the unit

1
SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
2
Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
3
Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
4
Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
5
Words30 words, which go into your spaced review
6
PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
7
Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
8
Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
9
Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card