-(으)세요
Quick answer: -(으)세요 means please do it — an instruction, politely.
How to form it
No final consonant → -세요 · final consonant → -으세요 · the same shape as the honorific -(으)시-
In Korean: 받침 X → -세요 받침 O → -으세요 9-2의 높임과 같은 꼴입니다
What to know
You met this ending in 9-2 as the honorific. The shape is the same, but here it tells someone to do something. Which one it is comes from the sentence — 가세요 is either he goes (polite) or please go.
Examples
- 여기에 앉으세요.Please sit here.
- 조용히 하세요.Please be quiet.
- 천천히 말하세요.Please speak slowly.
Where it's taught
HanDa Level 1 (TOPIK I), Lesson 28: 여기에서 담배를 피우지 마세요 — Please don't smoke here. Also in the Level 1 book.
Learned in the same lesson: -지 마세요.
Practise -(으)세요 out loud
In the HanDa app this is Level 1, Lesson 28 — drills, a speaking check and an AI teacher that corrects what you say. Free for 7 days.