-죠

jyo

(informal addressee-raising) A sentence-final ending used when the speaker confirms and says something that the listener thought he/she already knew.

ending

Meanings

  1. (informal addressee-raising) A sentence-final ending used when the speaker confirms and says something that the listener thought he/she already knew.
  2. (informal addressee-raising) A sentence-final ending used to ask something that the speaker already knows to cross-check the information.
  3. (informal addressee-raising) A sentence-final ending used when the speaker talks about himself/herself or his/her thoughts in a friendly manner.
  4. (informal addressee-raising) A sentence-final ending used when the speaker asks the listener something in a friendly manner.
  5. (informal addressee-raising) A sentence-final ending used to advise the listener to do something together.
  6. (informal addressee-raising) A sentence-final ending used to indicate the speaker's regret that something did not turn out the way he/she wanted.

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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