🇺🇸 Translation
Please give much love to sticker #nct127 #sticker
📙 Lesson point
How to say “Please give much love” in Korean
Hello, everyone! We’re going to take a look at the Korean expression ‘많이 (Verb) -ㅏ/ㅓ주세요’ today. To learn how to use this expression, we’ll first learn about the adjective ‘많다’ and the verb ‘주다.’ Finally, we’ll learn about the expression ‘(Verb) -ㅏ/ㅓ주다’ and its imperative form ‘(Verb) -ㅏ/ㅓ주세요.’
After reading today’s post, not only will you be able to learn how to say “Please give/show much love” in Korean, but you’ll also understand how this Korean expression is grammatically formed. Moreover, we’ll look into the actual expression that Taeyong of NCT used for his Instagram post. Let’s begin!
Korean adjective ‘많다’
First, ‘많다’ is an adjective that means “to be a lot, to have a lot.” It is an adjective that shows that the quantity of something is a lot. It is often used as the adverb form, which is ‘많이’ (a lot). Let’s take a look at some examples.
넷플릭스에는 재미있는 영화가 많아
= There are a lot of fun movies in Netflix.
저는 많은 돈과 많은 시간을 투자했어요
= I invested a lot of money and a lot of time.
많이 배고파?
= Are you hungry (a lot)?
연습 많이 했어요
= I practiced a lot.
Korean verb ‘주다’
Next, let’s look at the verb, ‘주다.’ It means “to give.” In Korean verbs, adding 시 or 세 in the middle of a verb is a commonly used technique to switch to honorifics to make the tone politer, especially with making imperatives. Therefore, the honorific form of the verb ‘주다’ would be ‘주시다.’ In this expression, the verb ‘주시다’ is used in a imperative form as ‘주세요.’ ‘주세요’ would mean “please give it.”
Korean expression ‘(Verb) -ㅏ/ㅓ주다’
Now, let’s take a look at the expression ‘(Verb) -ㅏ/ㅓ주다.’ One thing you need to be careful here is that ‘주다’ is used as an auxiliary verb here. We learned that ‘주다’ is a verb that means ‘to give’ when used independently. However, some Korean verbs are used as auxiliary verbs that can be added at the end of other verbs and add another layer of meaning. Here, the expression ‘(Verb) -ㅏ/ㅓ주다’ would mean ‘to do (Verb) as a favor for someone.’ Let’s look at some examples.
하다: to do
해주다: to do something as a favor for someone
오다: to come
와주다: to come somewhere as a favor for someone
먹다: to eat
먹어주다: to eat something as a favor for someone
웃다: to laugh, to smile
웃어주다: to laugh, to smile for someone
사랑하다: to love
사랑해주다: to give love for someone
Korean expression ‘(Verb) -ㅏ/ㅓ주세요’
Now, let’s go a step further. Let’s take a look at how to ask for a favor and ask someone to do something for you.
You can use the expression ‘(Verb) -ㅏ/ㅓ주세요.’ This would mean “please be generous and do the (Verb) as a favor.” It is a more polite version of ‘(Verb) -ㅏ/ㅓ주다’ as it is using the honorific form of ‘주다,’ which is ‘주세요.’ This is a very commonly used phrase for when you’re asking for a favor. Let’s look at some examples.
해주세요
= please do this as a favor
와주세요
= please come as a favor
사랑해주세요
= please be kind and give love to me as a favor
You can see that by using this auxiliary verb ‘주다,’ you can make the tone of speech much softer.
- 오다: to come
- 오세요: come (The person is making a firm demand but just in a polite tone)
- 와주세요: please come (The person is asking for a favor to come)
- 사랑하다: to love - 사랑하세요: do love it (sounds awkward because you’re giving an order to love something) - 사랑해주세요: please show love (asking for a favor to love it)
Taeyong says: “sticker 많이 사랑해주세요”
In conclusion, Taeyong is asking his fans to give and show lots of love towards their new song, ‘Sticker.’ He used the expression ‘사랑해주세요,’ which is the combination of ‘사랑하다’ and ‘(Verb) -ㅏ/ㅓ주세요’ to softly ask his fans in an honorific manner to show lots of love towards their new song!