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When to use different endings in Korean? Can you please explain difference between and when to use these endings: 십니다 (Ex. in book: 나 는 커피를 마십니다. I trasnlated as "I coffee drink/ I am drinking coffee.") 입니다 (Ex. in book: 자는 브라질 학생입니다. I translated as "I Brazil student is(am)/ I am Brazil student") 합니다 (Ex. in book: 마리아는 한국어를 공부합니다. I translated as "Mary/Maria Korean study(ing)//Mary/Maria is studying Korean") Is 입니다 'to do'? 입니다 'to be'? 십니다 ???

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입니다/이십니다 to be (Ex. from me^^: 그는 학생입니다/학생이십니다. He is a student.) 이십니다 is a polite form of 입니다. 합니다/하십니다 to do (Ex. : 그는 그것을 해야 합니다/하십니다. He must do it.) 하십니다 is a polite form of 합니다. 마십니다 to drink (나는 커피를 마십니다.I coffee drink/ I am drinking coffee.) 공부합니다 to study (마리아는 한국어를 공부합니다. Maria study Korean./Maria is studying Korean)

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