-소
-so
(old-fashioned polite ending)
A moderately addressee-raising, old-fashioned sentence-final ending used to make statements, ask questions, give commands, or make requests — heard in period speech or between older married couples.
Form
- Attaches to
- Verb, Adjective, Auxiliary
Meanings
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(formal, moderately addressee-raising) A sentence-final ending used to describe, ask a question, order, and request.
(예사 높임으로) 설명, 의문, 명령, 요청의 뜻을 나타내는 종결 어미.
Examples
하늘이 참 파랗소.
The sky is so very blue.
주말이라 그런지 거리에 사람이 참 많소.
Maybe because it's the weekend, but there are so many people on the streets.
나는 은행에 잠깐 들렀다 갈 테니 먼저 들어가소.
I'll stop by the bank for a moment, so go on in first.
어제 서울에 갔던 일은 잘되었소? 거래처와 해결할 문제가 있었는데 잘 해결되었소.
Did the trip to Seoul yesterday go well? There was an issue to resolve with a business partner, and it got resolved well.
어제 서울에 갔던 일은 잘되었소?
Did the trip to Seoul yesterday go well?
거래처와 해결할 문제가 있었는데 잘 해결되었소.
There was an issue to resolve with a business partner, and it got resolved well.
Examples: 한국어기초사전, CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.
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