Please speak formally - KoreanBlueprint

Day 193 — Please speak formally | Korean Blueprint

Today’s Phrase

존댓말로 해 주세요

jon·dae·mal·lo hae ju·se·yo

jondaemallo hae juseyo

Please speak formally

Cultural Insight

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Phrase Breakdown

존댓말로

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in formal speech

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해

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do / speak

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주세요

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please (request)

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Please speak in formal Korean.

Example Phrases

저한테 존댓말로 해 주세요.

jeohante jondaemallo hae juseyo.

Please speak formally to me.

저한테 means ‘to me (polite)’; it’s the indirect object marker 한테 attached to the humble first person 저.

반말 말고 존댓말로 해 주세요.

banmal malgo jondaemallo hae juseyo.

Please don’t use informal speech, use formal speech.

말고 means ‘not … but instead’; it contrasts two options.

여기서는 존댓말로 해야 해요.

yeogiseo-neun jondaemallo haeya haeyo.

Here you need to speak formally.

해야 해요 expresses obligation — ‘must do / have to do.’

Related Phrases

반말로 해도 돼요

banmallo haedo dwaeyo

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높임말을 써요

nopimmar-eul sseoyo

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말을 놓아도 돼요

mar-eul noado dwaeyo

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Quick Review

처음 뵙겠습니다

Can you recall what this means?

cheoeum boepgesseumnida

How do you do? / Nice to meet you (formal)