Example Sentences#

1. 앨리스: “여기서 어느 쪽으로 가야 할지 말씀해 주시겠어요?”¹
   Alice: “Would you please tell me which way I should go from here?”
   • 말씀하다 is the honorific form of 말하다, meaning ‘to speak’ or ‘to tell’.
   • 여 is part of the pattern -여 주다, which indicates that the action is done for someone else.