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You’re The Best Lee Soon-shin (09) 수고했어요.

2014-06-02


























Soon-shin: 저 먼저 들어가 보겠습니다. 점장님! (I’ll head out first, chief!)
Young-hoon: 수고했어요. (Good work today!)
Young-hoon: 오디션 준비는 잘 돼가요? (Is the preparation for the audition going well?)
Soon-shin: 네? (What?)
Soon-shin: 네!(Yes!)
Joon-ho: 빨리 (Hurry!)

수고했어요. (Good work! / Good job!)

[수고] - a noun meaning “effort,” “trouble” or “hard work”
[~했어요] - past tense honorific form of the verb [하다], meaning “to do”

* Casual – 수고했어. / Polite – 수고했어요. / Respectful – 수고하셨습니다.

* 수고 많았어. means the same thing.
- [~많았어] - a past tense verb form of [많다], an adjective meaning abundance in quantity
- Casual – 수고 많았어. / Polite – 수고 많았어요. / Respectful – 수고 많으셨습니다.

* 수고하세요. roughly means “Keep up the good work!”
- [하세요] - honorific request form of the verb [하다], meaning “to do.”
- Casual – 수고해. / Polite – 수고해요. / Respectful – 수고하세요.

*All of the above may be used formulaically in place of “Thank you,” or “Good bye.”

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