Formal Korean
I know that in formal Korean, you put 요 behind the word, but do I do this with every word in the sentence, just as simple as that? For example: "It is really nice weather outside, want to join me?". Do I just add 요 after every word?
Please explain, I'm confused.
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Answers · 3
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First of all, It depends on how we define "formal". In my book, adding 요 to the end of the sentence is not formal, but simply polite. Adding 니다 to the end of the sentence is formal.
And no, just at the end of the sentence.
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As you know, korean has informal and formal korean. formal korean is called 존댓말 as well. 존댓말 is to do you always have to put 요 behind the word whenever you meet older than you or you meet someone at first.
okay. As for your question : " It is really nice weather outside, want to join me?"
If I translate korean into that english, you could say that "날씨가 너무 좋아요. 저랑 밖에 나가실래요?"
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im not confident enough to my korean skill as i can answer for your question but korean formal is not that easy there are a many of kind of formal. if you want to say in formal, you must be put 요 but its not the end. i learned about -요,-세요,-시나요 do you like apple? = 사과 좋아해요?,사과 좋아하세요?,사과 좋아하시나요?(the most honorary term) i thought korean is really easy when i learn it the first time but its increasingly difficult learn more and more. recently im really confused i learned quite a lot korean but there are another grammar. how amazing. i got to know that english is imperfect language after learned korean. its really thorough. but korean is easier than chinese to me because i cant even begin to learn chinese.
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