Let's learn about "틈새를 조심하세요"

승강장과 지하철 (열차) 사이의 틈새를 조심하세요 : Mind the gap; Watch out for gaps between platforms and subway trains

[other expressions]

<반말(talking down to)>

- 승강장과 지하철 (열차) 사이의 틈새를 조심해. (to younger people or friends)

- 승강장과 지하철 (열차) 사이의 틈새를 조심해라. (to younger people or friends)

<존칭/존댓말/높임말/경어(honorific)>

- 승강장과 지하철 (열차) 사이의 틈새를 조심해요. (honourific by ‘요’)

<극존칭(high honorific; extreme honorific)>

- 승강장과 지하철 (열차) 사이의 틈새를 조심하세요. (honourific by ‘요’)

- 승강장과 지하철 (열차) 사이의 틈새를 조심하셔요. (honourific by ‘요’)

- 승강장과 지하철 (열차) 사이의 틈새를 조심하시지요. (honourific by ‘요’)

- 승강장과 지하철 (열차) 사이의 틈새를 조심하시죠. (honourific by ‘요’; -죠 is a short form of -지요)

- 승강장과 지하철 (열차) 사이의 틈새를 조심하십시오. (more honourific by ‘시’)

[explanations]

* 승강장[昇降場] : a place where passengers get on and get off from cars at taxi stop or a bus stop <— 승(ascend) + 강(descend) + 장(a place)

* -과 : and; this used after a word ends in a consonant

* -와 : and; this used after a word ends in a vowel

* 지하철 = 전철 : (1) subway (2) subway train

* 열차 = 기차 : train

* 사이 : (1) [=공간] an interval; (a) distance; a space; [=틈] a gap; an opening; [=둘 사이] between; [=여럿 사이] among(st); [=한가운데] amid(st); [=중도] halfway; midway; [=도중] on the way (2) [=시간적인 겨를] an interval; time; while; a space; a period; a span; a spell; a pause; a break; a gap; [=여가] leisure; spare time; time to spare; odd moments

* -의 : a suffix makes 사이 possesive

* 틈 : [=갈라진 자리•틈새•틈사이] a crevice; a crack; a chink; a chasm; a fissure; a cleft; a gap; space; an interstice

- 문틈 : an opening left by a door ajar / a chink in the door

- 벽틈 : a crevice in the wall

- 틈을 막다 : stop[fill] up with / stuff into a crevice / chink

* 틈새 : a short form of 틈사이(chasm)

* -를 : a particle makes 발 objective after a word ends in a vowel

* 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'