-아요

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠jo]
• Phonetic hangul: [아요]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	ayo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	ayo
McCune–Reischauer?	ayo
Yale Romanization?	a.yo

Suffix

Ablaut/harmonic pair

Yin-form	어요 (-eoyo)
Yang-form	아요 (-ayo)

아요 • (-ayo)

1. Yang-vowel form of 어요 (-eoyo); see 아 (-a, intimate-style suffix) and 요 (-yo, politeness-adding particle attaching to the intimate style).