Uses of -서
Helloooo~

Ive seen 그래서 contracted to 서 to mean so, therefore

Ive also seen the connector 아서/어서 that means because or therefore

but these arent the forms im confused about.

I’ve seen -서 attached to verbs and adjectives as a sentence ender and theres no other clause attached.

“좋아서. 좋아서.”
(In the statement above the speaker is just repeating the first clause.)

The english translation to this was:
“Thats good.”

What does 서 in this form mean? I always hear natives use it this way.

I have also heard 서 is for confirming certain information. Is this correct?

Question

Uses of -서
Helloooo~

Ive seen 그래서 contracted to 서 to mean so, therefore

Ive also seen the connector 아서/어서 that means because or therefore

but these arent the forms im confused about.

I’ve seen -서 attached to verbs and adjectives as a sentence ender and theres no other clause attached.

“좋아서. 좋아서.”
(In the statement above the speaker is just repeating the first clause.)

The english translation to this was:
“Thats good.”

What does 서 in this form mean? I always hear natives use it this way.

I have also heard 서 is for confirming certain information. Is this correct?

Answer

The usage of '-서' in ending verbs are not that much different with other uses.
'좋아서, 좋아서..' -> 'Because it is good / I feel good / I love it' (depends on its context)

'-서' for confirming certain information...? That doesn't bring something to my mind. Please give us some relevant example sentences.

Answer

VERB/Adjective Predicate + -아서/어서/해서

BTS 노래가 좋아서 콘서트에 갔어. = 콘서트에 갔어. (왜냐하면) BTS 노래가 좋아서. (Koreans sometimes in casual conversation, they flip the order of the sentences.)

Or in a conversation, answering the conversation by skipping the repeated parts in the question, but giving the reason why they did the action. It might have implication of confirming information in context, but more likely adding the details such as a reason.

가: 이거 진짜 샀어? (Did you actually buy this? - implying that the speaker was surprised at the action the other person really bought this.)
     나: 그냥 좋아서. (Just because it is good.)

가: 너 어제 거기 갔어? (Did you go there?)
     나: 응. 시간이 좀 남아서. (Yes. Because I have some time left.)

빨리 가서 학교에 안 늦었어. = 학교에 안 늦었어. (왜냐하면) 빨리 가서.
     
     가: 학교에 안 늦었어? (Weren't you late for school?)
     나: 응. 친구 차 타고 가서. (because I got a ride from friend's car)

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