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Honorifics: 시, 님, and words that change entirely

Raising the *other* person, not yourself

Insert 시 into the verb to honour the subject.

가다가세요. 읽다읽으세요. This raises the person doing the action, so you never use it about yourself: 제가 가세요 is wrong.

Some words swap out completely.

먹다 → 드시다, 자다 → 주무시다, 있다 → 계시다, 말하다 → 말씀하시다, 죽다 → 돌아가시다. These are the ones worth memorising as vocabulary, not as a rule.

님 attaches to titles, not to bare names.

선생님, 사장님, 부장님. Attaching 님 to a family name alone (김님) sounds like an internet handle, not speech.

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