-이에요/예요

Meaning

1. 1

   (informal addressee-raising) A sentence-final ending used when describing a certain fact or asking a question.

   (두루높임으로) 어떤 사실을 서술하거나 질문함을 나타내는 종결 어미.

Example sentences

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• 고향이 대전이에요?

  Is your hometown Daejeon?

• 오늘이 무슨 날이에요?

  What's the occasion today?

• 지수는 올해 대학에 들어간 신입생이에요.

  Jisu is a freshman who entered college this year.

• 특별히 찾는 물건이 있으세요?

  Are you looking for anything in particular?

  아니에요. 그냥 둘러보러 왔어요.

  No, I'm just looking around.