Learn Korean with KDramas | Learn the Sentence Style: (으)ㅂ시다 (formal polite, make a suggestion)
0Sentences with "(으)ㅂ시다" at the end of a word show that a sentence is in the formal polite style. This style is typically used for formal and public situations. The reason for using this style was difficult to understand at first because we don't really use it in English, or so I thought. But, imagine you're writing an email to your employer, you're giving a presentation, or speaking to your partner's parents for the first time. We would instinctively try and be more formal or polite, and if we spoke in this manner to our close friends or family, it would seem strange. The same seems to be for Korean and this is when we would use "(으)ㅂ시다" to show that we are being formal and polite when we are making a suggestion or agreeing with a suggestion.
Here are some of the rules for using it:
1. If a word ends in a consonant (e.g. 먹, eat), we add 읍시다 at the end (e.g. 먹읍시다).
2. If a word ends in a vowel (e.g. 가, go), we add ㅂ under the word and end it off with 시다 (e.g. 갑시다).
3. Sentences end in (으)ㅂ시다 when we are suggesting something (e.g. let's eat?)
So when you hear "시다" know that someone is making a suggestion and that they are being formal and polite.
Examples in this video:
(남자3) 아유, 재지 말고. 그냥 나랑 합시다
(김썬) 집에 좀 갑시다. 집에 좀, 이제
미리 대비를 합시다
저랑 같이합시다, 예?
구조 요청만 부탁합시다
해 봅시다!
(남자2) 약한 쪽을 골라서. 우리가 먼저 칩시다
아, 그쪽도 같이합시다
혹시 모르니까 한 명씩 돌아가면서. 불침번을 섭시다
(남자2) 잘해 봅시다
일단 치료부터 합시다
공격이 최선의 방어라고. 차라리 공격합시다
(재익) 나갑시다
자, 실례 좀 합시다
불이 꺼지기 전에 바리케이드를 칩시다
우리가 이 동네 구슬. 싹 다 쓸어 버립시다
거기에만 집중합시다
해 봅시다!
그만합시다
(김썬) 어휴. 빨리 찾고 집에 갑시다.
같이 좀 먹고 삽시다
일단 갑시다
(남자1) 아, 거기 빨리 좀 합시다, 좀
합시다, 나랑
남아서 끝까지 해 봅시다!
(선무) 간단하게 이야기합시다