What does 들어봐요 mean?
들어봐요 means "A suggestion to try listening once" in Korean.
How it works here
‘들어봐요’ encourages the listener to try listening.
Key expression
-아/어 보다
To encourage someone to try something once
‘-아/어 보다’ can strongly suggest that someone try doing something. Here, ‘봐요’ is the polite form of ‘보다.’
When it's used
Used to encourage someone to try an action directly, especially a new action or method.
The line
아이야 한번 들어봐요
Hey, try listening once.
Someone introduces a new method and tells another person to try it directly.
Scene from “비행記 in 부산 (Travel Log in Busan) #1｜[SKZ CODE] Ep.100” · Channel: Stray Kids Watch on YouTube
More examples
이 질문은 천천히 생각해 봐요.
Try thinking about this question slowly.
새 기능이 잘 되는지 직접 눌러 보라.
Try pressing it yourself to see whether the new function works.
Quick check
When would you use this expression?
들어봐요
아이야 한번 들어봐요
Hey, try listening once.
- Encouraging someone to try it directly.
- Urging someone to continue without stopping.
- Telling someone the result in advance.
Show the answer
Encouraging someone to try it directly.
To encourage someone to try something once. ‘-아/어 보다’ can strongly suggest that someone try doing something. Here, ‘봐요’ is the polite form of ‘보다.’
Other words in this line
- 한번
- Once; one time
- 듣다
- To listen
Same expression in other scenes
- 가 볼까요 — Shall we try going?
- 먹어 볼래 — Do you want to try eating it?
- 찍어 볼까 — Shall we try taking a picture?
- 띄워 보겠습니다 — I’ll try launching it
- 손을대 볼까요 — Try doing it
- 먹어 볼까요 — Shall we try eating it?
- 해볼까 — Shall we try it
- 해볼까요 — Shall we try doing it?
- 좀 해 봐 — Try it yourself.
- 풀어보자 — Let’s try solving it
- 올라가 볼까요 — Shall we try going up?
- 앉아보세요 — Please try sitting down
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