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Speech Room · Unit 3
Honorifics 1: -(으)시-
Grandmother at the pine tree
This unit is part of the Speech Room Pass — opening soon.
Until then, you can find your level with the level test, or start at the beginning of Level 1.
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
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호야 씨, 저 소나무 위에 우리 할머니가 계세요.
Hoya, my grandmother is up in that pine tree.
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저분이 소리쌤 할머니세요? 정말 멋있으세요! 소리쌤은 할머니를 닮으셨어요.
Is that your grandmother? She's so stylish! You take after her, Sori-ssaem.
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고마워요. 할머니는 매일 아침 노래하세요. 자, 할머니께 인사하세요.
Thank you. She sings every morning. Now, say hello to her.
Inside the unit
- 1SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
- 2Grammar4 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
- 3Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
- 4Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
- 5Words29 words, which go into your spaced review
- 6PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
- 7Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
- 8Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
- 9Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card