-으오
-euo-
(polite old-fashioned ending)
A moderately addressee-raising, old-fashioned sentence-final ending used to make statements, ask questions, give commands, or make requests — commonly heard in period dramas and older literary speech.
Form
- Attaches to
- Verb, Adjective, 이다, Auxiliary
- Other shapes
- -오
Meanings
- 1
(old-fashioned) An ending of a word used to express politeness.
(옛 말투로) 공손함을 나타내는 어미.
- 2
(formal, moderately addressee-raising) A sentence-final ending used to describe, ask a question, order, or request.
(예사 높임으로) 서술, 의문, 명령, 요청을 할 때 쓰는 종결 어미.
Examples
정녕 가신다면 고이 보내 드리오리다.
If you truly must go, I shall see you off peacefully.
지금 장관님께서 말씀하시오니 모두 일어나 박수를 칩시다.
The minister is speaking now, so let us all stand and applaud.
할아버님께서 진지를 드시오니 조금 뒤에 다시 이야기하자.
Grandfather is having his meal, so let's talk again a little later.
내일까지 여기를 떠나오리다. 이제 가오면 언제 다시 오실 겁니까?
I shall leave here by tomorrow. If you go now, when will you return?
이제 그만 먹으오리다.
I shall stop eating now.
지금 담당자가 없으오니 조금 뒤에 다시 전화를 걸어 주십시오.
The person in charge is not here right now, so please call again a little later.
Examples: 한국어기초사전, CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.
Quick check
1. What does ‘-으오’ mean?
2. Which form means “(polite old-fashioned ending)”?