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Grammar Advanced TOPIK II · Level 5–6 Advanced Korean 2 · final ending

-구려2

-구려②: Do It, Won’t You — Soft Command

Ending: do it, won't you — a soft command.

Before this, make sure you know: -게3 , -아요 / -어요

How to form it

When Form Example
Action verbs as soft order -구려 가려구려 / 하게구려 (family) / 보려구려
Soft command end …구려. 어서 가게구려. / 좀 쉬게구려.

-구려② soft-commands — do it, won’t you.

Not the archaic exclamation -는구려. Related to 하게 orders, softer push.

Why this is hard

구려 appears in exclamation and command families. Learners paste one reading everywhere. This slot’s job is mild order, not how raining it is.

What it does

어서 가게구려.
좀 쉬게구려.
이리 오게구려.
자세히 보게구려.

The ending nudges action with softer force than a bark.

Forms

Command family ending -구려, often after 하게-colour stems in classroom examples.

When not to use it

Do not use it as mild archaic remark — -는구려.

Do not use it as modern café please — -세요.

Do not mash it with the exclamatory particle -그려.

Neighbours — and why they differ

FormWhy it is not this slot
-는구려Mild archaic exclamation.
-게③Bare 하게 command.
-어라Plain command.

Ask: am I softly ordering? If yes, -구려②. If remarking on a scene, -는구려.

If the line tells someone to move, rest, look, or wait, you are in command territory — then pick soft -구려② vs bare -게③ by how blunt you want to sound.

Do not confuse it with

-는구려

how…! — a mild, slightly archaic exclamation

-게3

do it — the 하게체 command

-어라

the blunt command — friends, anger, and sports crowds

Taught alongside this

On the jabi learning path, this appears in 종결어미 (final ending) — Advanced Korean 2, Unit 3, on the theme of final ending. These come with it:

-는구려 how…! — a mild, slightly archaic exclamation -는구먼 oh, so it is… — noticing a newly realised fact -그려 you know / indeed — particle stressing the point to the listener -으리라 I shall… / it will… — resolve, or speculation about the situation -으오 …o — the old polite ending of formal speech -으니4 how dare… / some…! — blaming or scolding with -으니 -거들랑2 you should know… — telling the listener something they do not know (종결) -게3 do it — the 하게체 command -게4 mind you / see here — drawing the point back into view -네1 plain statement — the 하게체 -네 that just reports -는구만 so it is… — noticing a newly realised fact (casual) -는가2 the question is… — raising the issue rather than asking casually -나2 …? — a bare question to yourself or someone close -던2 was it…? — asking about what you experienced before -던가1 was it…, from experience? — past question from what you lived -던가2 was it…, I wonder? — past question as a guess -라2 plain statement — -라 after 이다-type stems -으리오 how could it…? — rhetorical pushback, often with lament -소 …so — the old polite style of shopkeepers and elders

Words used above

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-구려-guryeosoft command ending
명령myeongnyeongcommand
자세히jasehicarefully, in detail

Quick check

No sign-up, no score saved — just see if it stuck.

1. You want them to leave, softly, not a remark about the rain. Which line?

2. You are nudging them to rest. You are not commenting on a scene. Which line?

3. You want a soft order to look closely, not the blunt 하게체 bark. Which line?

Common questions

Register?

Older / half-formal soft orders — drama and careful speech.

Vs -는구려?

-는구려 remarks on a scene. -구려② asks someone to act.

Vs -게③?

-게③ is the bare 하게 command. -구려② softens the push.

Café default?

Usually -세요 / -어 주세요. Keep this page for the curriculum soft-order coat.