Korean
Adverb
어서 • (eoseo)
- quickly
Derived terms
- 어서 오십시오 (eoseo osipsio, “come right in”)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Suffix
어서 • (eoseo)
- and then
- 살아서 봅시다.
- Saraseo bopsida.
- See you alive!
- and therefore, because
- 아유, 없어서 못 먹지.
- Ayu, eopseoseo mot meokji.
- Aw, he doesn't eat it only when there's nothing.
- by; by -ing
- 학교요? 걸어서 가는데요.
- Hakgyoyo? Georeoseo ganeundeyo.
- School? I go there on foot.
Usage notes
The suffix 아서 (aseo) / 어서 (eoseo) takes the infinitive form.
Synonyms
- 라서 (raseo) > 라 (ra): for 이다 (ida, “to be”) and 아니다 (anida, “not to be”).
- The form 이어서 (여서) (ieoseo (yeoseo)) and 아니어서 (anieoseo) are also possible.