-아/어 주시겠어요?
Quick answer: -아/어 주시겠어요? means would you mind doing it? — a step more polite.
How to form it
More polite than -아/어 주세요 · used with people you are meeting for the first time
In Korean: -아/어 주세요보다 정중합니다 처음 보는 사람에게 씁니다
What to know
Use 주세요 with friends and shop staff, and 주시겠어요 with strangers and older people. The difference is not about the size of the favour — it is about who you are talking to.
Examples
- 사진 좀 찍어 주시겠어요?Would you mind taking a photo?
- 짐 좀 들어 주시겠어요?Would you mind carrying this bag?
- 자리 좀 바꿔 주시겠어요?Would you mind changing seats?
Where it's taught
HanDa Level 1 (TOPIK I), Lesson 27: 사진 좀 찍어 주세요 — Could you take a photo, please?. Also in the Level 1 book.
Learned in the same lesson: -아/어 주세요.
Practise -아/어 주시겠어요? out loud
In the HanDa app this is Level 1, Lesson 27 — drills, a speaking check and an AI teacher that corrects what you say. Free for 7 days.