-(으)렴 / (으)려무나 / (으)려마

(eu)ryeom / (eu)ryeomuna / (eu)ryeoma

Grammar · 1 sense

Please, go ahead and...

Examples

밥 먹으렴.

Please eat.

일찍 자렴.

Go to bed early.

조금만 더 기다리렴.

Please wait a little longer.

When you'd hear it

These endings sound warm and intimate, and are commonly used by older people to children or younger family members. They may appear in family scenes and dramas, but can sound old-fashioned or folksy in ordinary adult conversation.

What learners get wrong

Unlike -(으)세요, this is not a neutral polite command for strangers or coworkers. It signals affectionate senior-to-junior speech, so use -(으)세요 when the relationship is not intimate or clearly hierarchical.

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