ㅂ니다

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formal polite statement ending

The most formal everyday way to end a statement, used toward an audience, a customer, a superior, or a camera. In these clips it is overwhelmingly in set phrases people say out loud all day: 감사합니다 "thank you", 죄송합니다 "I'm sorry", 축하합니다 "congratulations", 실례합니다 "excuse me", 갑니다 "here we go". It attaches to stems ending in a vowel; consonant stems take 습니다. Against 해요, which is polite but warm and conversational, ㅂ니다 is polite and correct — think announcement voice rather than chat.

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