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Imperatives 봉투를 열어 보세요 Opening Envelope 아/어 보

Front 봉투를 열어 보세요
Back Try opening the envelope
Notes Imperatives with -아/어 보- offer the hearer to try to do something instead of giving a direct order to perform an action. Such phrases sound softer and more polite than imperatives with -(으)세요 attached directly to the verb stem.

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