beginner
Checks something you think the listener already knows: 덥죠? (deopjyo), "it's hot, isn't it?".
Checked against the official learner dictionary from the National Institute of Korean Language
- Same form after any stem. In speech it's nearly always shortened to 죠 jyo.
- Past: 았/었죠 (갔죠, gatjyo). After a noun: (이)죠 (학생이죠, haksaengijyo).
Build it
When to use it
Checking
Something you think they already know.
Of course
Agreeing that something is obvious.
Softer questions
A friendly way to ask.
Polite suggestions
With (으)시 (eu)si.
Watch out
Add 죠 to the stem 좋 jo, not to the 아 form.
After a noun ending in a consonant, add 이 i first.
In context
9 examples- 1
오늘 정말 덥죠?
Oneul jeongmal deopjyo?
It's really hot today, isn't it?
- 2
이 영화 재미있죠?
I yeonghwa jaemiitjyo?
This movie's good, right?
- 3
그럼요, 당연하죠!
Geureomyo, dangyeonhajyo!
Of course!
- 4
우리 내일 세 시에 만나기로 했죠?
Uri naeil se sie mannagiro haetjyo?
We said we'd meet at three tomorrow, right?
- 5
여기가 서울역이죠?
Yeogiga seouryeogijyo?
This is Seoul Station, right?
- 6
제 말이 맞죠?
Je mari matjyo?
I'm right, aren't I?
- 7
이거 얼마죠?
Igeo eolmajyo?
How much is this?
- 8
다들 배고프시죠? 밥 먹으러 가시죠.
Dadeul baegopeusijyo? bap meogeureo gasijyo.
You must all be hungry. Let's go eat.
- 9
처음에는 저도 힘들었죠.
Cheoeumeneun jeodo himdeureotjyo.
It was hard for me too at first.
Practice
8 questions맞다 + 지요, short form
지요 or 죠?
They're the same ending. 죠 jyo is just the short form, and it's what you'll hear almost every time, in speech and in casual writing. 지요 jiyo shows up in slower, more careful speech.
With friends, drop the 요 and use 지 ji: 덥지? deopji, "It's hot, right?"
A polite "let's" for someone senior
With (으)시, 죠 makes a polite suggestion that works even with a boss or a teacher, where (으)ㅂ시다 would be too direct:
- 이쪽으로 가시죠. ijjogeuro gasijyo "Let's go this way."
- 식사하러 가시죠. siksahareo gasijyo "Shall we go eat?"
Look it up in the dictionary
The entry for 지요 in two trusted Korean dictionaries.