Let's learn about "발 조심하세요"

발 조심하세요: Watch your step

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 발 조심해. (to younger people or friends)

- 발 조심해라. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 발 조심해요. (honourific by ‘요’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>

- 발 조심하세요. (honourific by ‘요’)

- 발 조심하셔요. (honourific by ‘요’)

- 발 조심하시지요. (honourific by ‘요’)

- 발 조심하시죠. (honourific by ‘요’; -죠 is a short form of -지요)

- 발 조심하십시오. (more honourific by ‘시’)

[explanations]

* 발 : (1) a foot ; a paw; a tentacle; an arm; a hoof (2) [=걸음] walking; walk; [=보조] a step; [=걷는 속도] pace; speed

* -을 : a particle makes 발 objective after a word ends in a consonant

* 조심 : heed; care; carefulness; caution; precaution; guard; prudence; discretion; circumspection; wariness

* 조심스런 / 조심하는 : carefull

* 조심하다 : take care of

* 조심해 : 조심하(the stem of 조심하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Please do ~")

* 조심해라 : 조심하(the stem of 조심하다; 하 + -어 contracted into 해) + -어라(a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Please do ~")

* 조심하세요 : 조심하(the stem of 조심하다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -어(a propositive verb ending suffix means "Please do ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 조심하셔요 : 조심하(the stem of 조심하다) + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -여(a propositive verb ending suffix means "Please do ~") + -요(an honourific verb ending suffix)

* 조심하십시오 : 조심하(the stem of 조심하다)  + -시(s suffix makes a verb more honourific) + -ㅂ시오(an  honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "Please do ~")

* a verb + -어 / -어라 : a non-honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "please ~"

* a verb + -어 + -요 : an honourific verb ending suffix

* a verb + -세요 / -셔요 / -십시오 / -시지요 / -시죠 : an  honourific propositive verb ending suffix means "please ~" by '-시' / '-오' / '-요'