Do you need to add a space between the verb and 주세요? I was watching KBS' 두근두근 한국어 and saw that when "도와주세요" was used as an example, there was no space between the verb and 주세요 but in other examples, s

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Do you need to add a space between the verb and 주세요? I was watching KBS' 두근두근 한국어 and saw that when "도와주세요" was used as an example, there was no space between the verb and 주세요 but in other examples, such as "한국어를 가르쳐 주세요" and "우산을 빌려 주세요" there was a space. So do we include a space in between the verb and 주세요 or not? Many thanks!

May 20, 2014 7:26 PM

Answers · 5

주세요, in this case, is a subsidiary verb(보조 용언) whose spacing is optional. See the official government rule about spacing words Clause 5, article 47 http://www.korean.go.kr/09_new/dic/rule/rule01_0503.jsp

May 20, 2014

Normally and correctly, there is a space between the verb and 주다, as the grammar issue "아/어 주다" says. But I think this is a rule which Korean people use to break. Whether the space exists or not, everybody gets the idea.

May 20, 2014

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