II. Adjectives and their Endings

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Adjectives (Describing Words) and their Endings +(아/어), +(아/어)요, +{으}세요

2) Polite form
Polite form is constructed in the same way as casual form except that you
add 요 at the end.

싸 + 아 ➡싸 + 요 ➡ 싸요                        cheap

맛있 + 어 ➡맛있어 + 요 ➡맛있어요         tasty

3) Honorific form
There are rules for forming honorific form depending on whether the verb
stem ends in a consonant or vowel.

• If the adjective stem ends in a consonant except ㅂ: +으세요

재미있 + 으세요 ➡ 재미있으세요    interesting;
                                                                fun

• If the adjective stem ends in a vowel: +세요

바쁘 + 세요 ➡ 바쁘세요                         busy

• If the adjective stem ends in the consonant ㅂ: delete ㅂ +우세요

아름답 ➡ deleteㅂ +우세요 ➡ 아름다우세
                                                     beautiful


You need not worry too much about having to remember all these rules.
The best way at this stage is to memorize both the stem and ending together as
a chunk, as mentioned earlier for verbs.

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