-요
-yo
One word, four sentences: 가요
The picture A small cushion you set on the end of a sentence. Whatever the sentence is, the cushion makes it land gently.
Where the picture shows up in -요
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just telling you
지금 가요.
ji-geum ga-yo
I'm leaving now.
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asking, with the pitch up
어디 가요?
eo-di ga-yo
Where are you going?
Same letters. Only the intonation rises.
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pulling you along
우리 같이 가요.
u-ri ga-chi ga-yo
Let's go together.
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sending someone off
조심해서 가요.
jo-sim-hae-seo ga-yo
Take care on your way.
It's an order in form, but the cushion keeps it warm.
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stuck onto a bare word
저요?
jeo-yo
Me?
No verb needed — 요 attaches to a lone word too.