아녕하세요? Could someone explain me the structure of 자렴?
I understand its meaning, for example, in a sentence: 밤이 너무 늦었으니까 숙제 그만 하고 어서 자렴 (It's too late, stop doing your homework and go to bed right now), but I don't really understand which grammar construction is it?
Can we use -렴 with other verbs?

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아녕하세요? Could someone explain me the structure of 자렴?
I understand its meaning, for example, in a sentence: 밤이 너무 늦었으니까 숙제 그만 하고 어서 자렴 (It's too late, stop doing your homework and go to bed right now), but I don't really understand which grammar construction is it? 
Can we use -렴 with other verbs?

감사합니다!

Answer

Sentences ending -렴 "suggest" people to do something. It's not order but suggestion, and it's used very softly and kindly. In that sentence, mom(maybe) suggest her child to go to bed.

기억하렴 Remember
건강하렴 Be well/healthy
조용히 좀 하렴 Be quite
그림을 그려 보렴 Try drawing pictures

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