Requests and commands
What do we want someone to do or stop doing?
의미
Requests and commands try to get someone to do something or stop doing it. They range from a gentle request to a firm order. Languages may use special verb forms, question-shaped requests, small words, or tone; some have no separate command form. Questions ask for information, while Requests and commands ask for an action.
알아보는 방법
Look for language that asks or tells someone to act, even if it has the shape of a question.
모국어에서는
Korean commonly gives polite instructions with -(으)세요 and asks someone to do something with -아/어 주세요. -지 마세요 tells someone not to do an action. Sentence endings and wording must suit the relationship to the listener, so the shortest command form is not appropriate in every situation.
여기에 이름을 쓰세요. (Yeogie ireumeul sseuseyo.)
-세요 makes this a polite instruction.
문 좀 닫아 주세요. (Mun jom dada juseyo.)
-아 주세요 asks the listener to perform the action; 좀 also softens the request.
여기서 뛰지 마세요. (Yeogiseo ttwiji maseyo.)
-지 마세요 prohibits the action.