-(이)라서
(i)raseo
Grammar · 1 sense
Reason or cause
Examples
어머니 생신이라서 고향에 가야 돼요.
I have to go to my hometown because it's my mother's birthday.
달리기 시합이 아니라서 제가 달리고 싶은 속도로 달릴 수 있어요.
It's not a running competition, so I can run at the speed I want.
제가 임산부라서 그러는데 이 자리에 앉아도 될까요?
I'm pregnant, so can I sit here?
When you'd hear it
Common in everyday conversation, including polite explanations and requests such as asking for a seat. It also appears in informal writing, messages, and spoken-style dialogue in dramas.
What learners get wrong
This attaches to nouns: use 이라서 after a consonant and 라서 after a vowel. It is different from -아서/어서, which attaches to verbs and adjectives.
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