Hi my fellow students, we're gonna talk about how to say please in Korean... for real.
I've already talked about how to say please in Korean in my Basic Korean Vocabulary video. In that video I showed you the word 주세요 (ju-se-yo) which means please give it to me. You put this word after the thing you want someone to give you.
eg. icecream ju-se-yo.=please give me icecream.
I also taught you 제발 (je-bal), which is used for when you are begging for something. It's not appropriate for all situations.
Now we're going to learn how to use please when you want people to do something other than give you something.
To do that, first you need to find the verb that you want someone to do.
Get the dictionary form of the verb. (here are 2 examples )(remember the dictionary form is the one that ends in -da) and you cut off the da to get the root verb. then you add 으세요 if your verb root ends in a consonant or just 세요 if your verb root ends in a vowel.
숨다 숨 숨으세요. please hide
if your verb root ends in a vowel
가다 가 가세요 please go
but something special happens when you have a verb root that ends in ㄹ ( the Korean "l" sound) you have to remove the ㄹ and THEN add just 세요(se-yo).
for example
몰다 > 몰 > 모>모세요 please drive
and that is one way to ask someone to please verb.
If you want someone to please verb a noun.. like please drive the car you can add the noun with an object marker in front of the verb
차를 모세요.
and that is one way to make sentences with please.
Here is another:
What you do is take the casual form of the simple present tense of the verb and add 주세요 (ju-se-yo) to the end. Don't know how to make the casual form of the simple present tense? I got a video for that, actually a series of videos. link is in the description.
This type of please sentence has an implied "for me" in it.
For example:
The verb ha-da in the simple present is 해 (hae). Then we add 주세요 (ju-se-yo) and it's 해주세요 (hae-ju-se-yo)
which means: "please do it for me."
If we were to make the other kind of please sentence we would cut off the 다da and add 세요 (se-yo) to get 하세요 (ha-se-yo) which means please do it.
See the difference?
It's like saying "Please cook this ramen" vs "Please cook this ramen for me."
Here are some verbs for you to practice with.
Use them to make both types of please sentences and check your answers in the comments section.
Now let's review:
To say PLEASE VERB cut off the 다(-da) from the infinitive and add 으세요(eu-se-yo) to verb roots that end in consonants and se-yo to verb roots that end in vowels, or if your verb root ends in ㄹ you remove the 다(da) and the ㄹ and add 세요 (se-yo) to the end.
To say PLEASE VERB FOR ME take the casual form of the simple present tense of the verb and add 주세요 (ju-se-yo) to the end.
If you want to say PLEASE VERB THE NOUN, or PLEASE VERB THE NOUN FOR ME. Add the noun with an 을(eul) or 를(reul) object marker in front of that conjugated verb.
And that's all there is to it.
Thanks for studying with me, you guys. annyeonghi gyeseyo. 안녕히계세요
WATCH THE LESSON: https://youtu.be/fYEIlgFNDCM