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-(으)십시오
please do (formal polite command)
Level 1 · TOPIK I · beginner
How to use it
The most formal command ('please do'), used in announcements, signs, speeches, and to customers. It belongs to the -ㅂ/습니다 style.
Forming it
| 가다 | → 가십시오 |
| 앉다 | → 앉으십시오 |
| 열다 | → 여십시오 |
| 기다리다 | → 기다리십시오 |
Only with verbs. Negative: -지 마십시오 (✗ -지 않으십시오). ㄹ-stems drop ㄹ: 열다 → 여십시오. In everyday talk it can sound stiff.
Examples
자리에 앉아서 안전벨트를 매십시오.
Please be seated and fasten your seat belt.
손님 여러분, 잠시만 기다려 주십시오.
Ladies and gentlemen, please wait a moment.
Compared with similar patterns
-(으)세요 is the everyday polite request. -(으)ㅂ시다 is a formal 'let's', a suggestion that includes the speaker, not a command.