How to use Korean Grammar V + 아/어/여 주다 (드리다)
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Verb + 아 / 어 / 여 주다 (드리다)
The Korean grammar pattern -아 / -어 / -여 주다 (드리다) is used to describe an action that is being done by a person "A" for a person "B".
When the person "B" is an older person or has a higher social status than the person "A", the honorific form "드리다" should be used instead of "주다".
See Past Tense lesson to learn when you should use -아, -어, and -여.
See examples,
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선생님이 저에게 시험 날짜를 알려 주셨어요.
Korean
선생님
시험
날짜
알리다
English
teacher
exam
date
to inform
The teacher told me the test date.
선생님이 저에게 시험 날짜를 알리+어 주+시+었+어요.
저는 선생님께 시험 날짜를 알려 드렸어요.
I told the teacher the test date.
저는 선생님께 시험 날짜를 알리+어 드리+었+어요.
오늘은 와 주셔서 감사합니다.
Korean
오늘
오다
감사하다
English
today
to come
thank you
Thank you for coming today.
오늘은 오+아 주+시+어서 감사하+ㅂ니다.
스페인어 선생님이 문법을 가르쳐 주셔요.
Korean
스페인어
선생님
문법
가르치다
English
Spanish language
teacher
grammar
to teach
My Spanish teacher teaches me grammar.
스페인어 선생님이 문법을 가르치+어 주+시+어요.
여기 이름을 써 주세요.
Korean
여기
이름
쓰다
English
here
name
to write
Please write your name here.
여기 이름을 쓰+어 주+세요.
저를 좀 도와주세요.
Korean
저
좀
돕다
English
I
please
to help
Please help me.
저를 좀 돕+아 주+세요.
부모님을 좀 도와드리세요.
Please help parents.
부모님을 좀 돕+아 드리+세요.
Quick reference (click to open)
Vowels: a, e, i, o, u
Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j
Syllable: Bra-zil (2 syllables), Ar-gen-ti-na (4), In-di-a (3), Viet-nam (2), thin-king (2), beau-ti-ful (3), good (1)
Batchim: is a final consonant in a syllable. → Bra-zil (batchim: 'l'), Ar-gen-ti-na (batchims: 'r' and 'n'), In-di-a ('n'), Viet-nam ('t', 'm')
Romanization: is a conversion of text (not pronunciation ! ) from different writing system (Korean, Arabic, Russian, etc.) to the Roman (Latin) alphabet.
IPA: is an alphabetic system of phonetic (pronunciation) notation.
Noun: road, user, sister, table, sky
Pronoun: I, my, we, you, they, her
Verb: to go, to study, to think, to feel
Adjective: cold, kind, hungry, curious, expensive
Adverb: quickly, nicely, never, exactly, urgently
Preposition: from, to, on, in, with, till
Conjuction: and, because, if, but, while
Declarative sentence: I learn Korean.
Interrogative sentence: Do you learn Korean?
Imperative sentence: You must learn Korean!
Exclamative sentence: Wow, you learn Korean!
Verb / Adj. stem in Korean: part of a verb or adj. which is left after removing the last syllable -다 ( e.g. 가다 → 가, 예쁘다 → 예쁘, 듣다 → 듣 ).