📘 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...

📘 How to Use ~라고 해요 – Quoting Commands in Korean Want to say “He told me to wait,” “She said to call her,” or “They told us to come early” in Korean? Then you should learn how to use ~라고 해요 , the standard Korean grammar pattern for reporting commands or instructions . This is a must-know grammar form when you’re sharing what someone else told you or others to do . 📌 What Does ~라고 해요 Mean? ~라고 해요 is used for quoting someone’s **imperative (command/request)** sentence. It means: ✔️ “He told me to…” ✔️ “They said to…” ✔️ “She asked us to…” Structure: Action verb (base form) + 라고 해요 For negative commands: ~지 말라고 해요 📌 This is different from “말하다” used for speech. "라고 해요" = “(they) said to...” 📘 Example Sentences 기다리라고 했어요 – He told me to wait gi-da-ri-ra-go hae-sseo-yo 전화하라고 했어요 – She said to call jeon-hwa-ha-ra-go hae-sseo-yo 일찍 오라고 했어요 – They said to come early il-jjik o-ra-go hae-sseo-yo 가지 말라고 했어요 – He told me not to go...