V+ 으세요/세요. Command or suggest something of the listener with respect.

V+ 으세요/세요.

It is used to command or suggest something to the listener with respect. When the action verb stem ends in a consonant, use ‘-으세요’, and when the action verb stem ends in a vowel, use ‘-세요’.
여기에서 사진을 찍으세요.
Please, take a picture here.
금요일까지 이 일을 끝내세요.
Please, finish this work by Friday.
1층 사무실에 가세요.
Please, go to the office on the first floor.
Conversation:
여기요. Excuse me.
네, 손님. 뭘 드릴까요?
Yes, what would you like?
여기 돼지갈비 2인분하고 냉면 주세요.
Please give us two orders of dwaejibalbi and one naengmyun.
네, 잠시만 기다리세요.
Yes, wait a minute, please.
Related words
여기요 Excuse me
손님 a guest
what (‘뭘’ is an abbreviation for ‘무엇을’)
드리다 to give (‘It is an honorific expression for ‘주다’)
인분 counting unit for serving food
주다 to give
잠시만 a minute
기다리다 to wait

 

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