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Standard politeness level

angelos.mes_231449
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Standard politeness level

Postby angelos.mes_231449 » September 5th, 2016 12:00 pm

Hello,

In Lesson 11, (Beginner level, Season 1), we see the construction of standard politeness level, with verb stem ending in vowel (아 / 어 / 여).

However, what's the construction for verb stem ending in consonant?
For example, 울다 (to cry), 아프다 (to be sick), ... ?
I don't know how to conjugate them to the standard politeness level!

Thanks for helping! :mrgreen:

community.korean
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Re: Standard politeness level

Postby community.korean » September 8th, 2016 1:03 am

Hello,

Thank you for posting. For most words ending with a consonant, you would add 어요 to construct the standard politeness level.
For example:

울다:
-->울어요

있다:
-->있어요

먹다:
-->먹어요

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Lyn
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amelialowli
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Re: Standard politeness level

Postby amelialowli » September 8th, 2016 7:36 pm

Thanks for your answer.

So in which cases do we have to use 아요 after a consonant ?

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Re: Standard politeness level

Postby community.korean » September 12th, 2016 12:25 pm

Hi,

Thanks for posting.
Check the verb stem after you have taken off the '다'. If the verb stem includes the vowel 'ㅗ' or 'ㅏ', you will need to use '아요'. In other cases you can add '어요'.
For example:

좋다-->좋(ㅗ)-->좋아요
많다-->많(ㅏ)-->많아요

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