📘 Intermediate Day 5: Giving Instructions and Advice – ~(으)세요 / ~지 마세요 Welcome to Day 5 of our Intermediate Korean series! 🌟 Today’s focus is on one of the most essential and practical grammar patterns in Korean: How to politely tell someone to do something — or not do something. You'll learn how to use two common structures: ~(으)세요 – polite command/request ~지 마세요 – polite prohibition (“Please don’t…”) These are used every day in conversation, in signs, instructions, and advice from teachers, friends, or anyone speaking respectfully. 📘 Part 1 – Using ~(으)세요 (Please Do...) ~(으)세요 is used to make a polite request or instruction. It’s formed by attaching ~(으)세요 to the verb stem. 받침 (final consonant) O → verb + 으세요 e.g., 읽다 → 읽으세요 (Please read) 받침 X → verb + 세요 e.g., 가다 → 가세요 (Please go) Examples: 조용히 하 세요 . jo-yong-hi ha-se-yo 👉 Please be quiet. 여기 앉으 세요 . yeo-gi an-jeu-se-yo 👉 Please sit...