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Nuance-carrying final endings

-네요 expresses realization / surprise

'Oh, it's ...!'.

📊 Sentence-final endings
Ending Nuance Example
-네요 realization, mild surprise 좋네요
-군요 / -구나 discovery 그렇군요
-잖아요 'as you know' 맞잖아요
-지요 (죠) seeking agreement 좋죠?
💬 Examples
날씨가 좋네요.
nalssiga jonneyo.
Oh, the weather's nice!
📝 -네요 = mild surprise / remark
잘하시네요.
jalhasineyo.
You're good (at this)!
📝 -네요 = noticing
-지요 (죠) seeks agreement

'right? / isn't it?'.

💬 Examples
맛있죠?
masitjyo?
It's tasty, right?
📝 -죠 = seeking agreement
같이 가지요.
gachi gajiyo.
Let's go together, shall we.
📝 -지요 = soft suggestion
-잖아요 = 'you know / as you know'

Reminds the listener of something shared.

💬 Examples
어제 말했잖아요.
eoje malhaetjanayo.
I told you yesterday, you know.
📝 -잖아요 = as you know
바쁘잖아요.
bappeujanayo.
(You know) I'm busy.
📝 Shared-knowledge ending