"할머니께서 우리에게 천천히 말씀하십니다."
Translation:Grandmother speaks to us slowly.
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No. 말씀하다 is the honorific alternative of 말하다. It's a verb in itself.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/말씀하다
말씀하다 + 시다 + (스)ㅂ니다 → 말씀하 + 시 + ㅂ니다 → 말씀하십니다
-here so you are using 2 honors to the 3rd person ad 1 to the listener ( 1말씀하 - 2 시 -- 1 ㅂ니다 ) - so then , is it possible if you say 말씀해요 ? you don't use honor to the listener and also remove 시 ?
-or 말씀하 should always come with 시 ?
-anyways , why do we even use 말씀하 ? can't we use 말하다 + 시 ? isn't 시 enough honor it's self ???
-here so you are using 2 honors to the 3rd person ad 1 to the listener ( 1말씀하 - 2 시 -- 1 ㅂ니다 ) - so then , is it possible if you say 말씀해요 ? you don't use honor to the listener and also remove 시 ?
-or 말씀하 should always come with 시 ?
-anyways , why do we even use 말씀하 ? can't we use 말하다 + 시 ? isn't 시 enough honor it's self ???
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Are honorific words be used only to speak of another person, only when we use "she" and "he" ?