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Why 말해주세요 and not 말하주세요?

Question:Why 말해주세요 and not 말하주세요?
Lesson: KoreanLingQ - Greetings and Goodbyes, Part 5
Since the verb "to speak" in korean is 말하다 why write 말해주세요 instead of 말하주세요?

I really don't know how to conjugate verbs in korean, but I wonder if the word is written correctly.
말하다 + 주다 --> 말해주다 --> 말해주세요

The first verb needs to be conjugated when combining two verbs like this, and the conjugation depends on the verb.
사다 + 주다 = 사주세요 but 쓰다 + 주다 = 써주세요
Thanks Alex.
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