Korean lessons: Lesson 7
High-polite -세요
When addressing a senior (in terms of age or social ranking),
a high-polite style of speech is used. "-세요" is a typical suffix of this style. A simple "How are you?" is made as the following.
안녕하
세요
stem
"to be well" high-polite suffix
(present tense)
"안녕하" is a stem, the base form of which is "안녕하다". Apart from the politeness of the style, "-세요" can be used you use "요", as in "You go (Please leave)" or "Do you go (Are you leaving)?", "He/She goes", or "Does he/she go", etc. However, you may not want to use it when the subject is you, the subject. For the added politeness by "-세-" is for the subject, not the addressee, whereas "-요" is for the addressee, as it is used in the mid-polite style.
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