-지 마세요
Quick answer: -지 마세요 means please don't.
How to form it
Stem + 지 마세요 · same form after any stem · 피우다 → 피우지 마세요
In Korean: 어간 + 지 마세요 받침과 상관없습니다 피우다 → 피우지 마세요
What to know
This is the negative of -(으)세요, and it is what every sign in Korea says. Note it is not 안 하세요 — that would mean he doesn't do it. Prohibition has its own form.
Examples
- 여기에서 담배를 피우지 마세요.Please don't smoke here.
- 쓰레기를 버리지 마세요.Please don't litter.
- 박물관에서 뛰지 마세요.Please don't run in the museum.
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: -(으)세요.
Practise -지 마세요 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.