"문을 닫아라!"

Translation: Close the door!

[notjustmarko]

What is the 라 suffix?

[wintertriangles]

It's for commands. You can simply say 문을 닫아, or if you feel like being command-y, 닫아라. And if you're extra feisty, 닫으라고!

[Lee979357]

Is it spoken also or is it just for writing? I feel like I've heard this structure before.

[UltimetaSy]

닫아 = informal low
닫으세요 = informal high
닫아라 = formal low
닫으십시오 = formal high

[trotfan]

닫아 and 닫아라 are the same level (informal) with the second being mostly used by older people

[UltimetaSy]

닫아 = informal low
닫으세요 = informal high
닫아라 = formal low
닫으십시오 = formal high

[leesan55]

can you please explain what is high/low?

[jovikasse]

I cannot wait to know "hold" so I can say Hodor!

[The_Korean_Dude]

Guys if you answer a question with all caps and the wording is correct you still get it right!!!

[Jweg61]

For the life of me, i cannot pronounce this correct enough for duo to accept, among this and the other short sentence with 닫아라, i must have tried 25 times

i always have problems with ㄹ because i say it as an R or an L depending on the word (with some extra tongue pressing on the teeth), and ㄷ usually gets me too, because i pronounce ㄸ like "th" and ㅌ like a hard T, but ㄷ doesn't quite seem to be a D

I better talk to someone IRL, anyways that's my life story

[UltimetaSy]

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