너랑 나 (You And I)

한글 배우기 (Learn Korean)

Yayyyyyyy updaaaaaate!!!

Let's go over titles like you, I, he, she, and such.

In Korea, formal and informal is (I cannot stress this enough) EXTREMELY IMPORTANT!!!!

You won't bekieve how shocked I was when I first heard you.ger people referring to older people by their names.

In Korea, referring to an elder, a higher-up at work, or someone you are not very close to as "you" or their name, is severely frowned upon.

너 (neo)- informal for you

저 쪽- (jeo jjok)- litelly means that side but is used to refer to "you" in a formal manner

선배 (sun-bae)- most of your probably already know this but it's like the equivalent of senpai in Japanese-- it's used to refer to someone in a higher position at work or someone who's in a higher grade than you at school, but only if the two of you are relatively close. (ie. To an older friend who is a 3rd year if you are a 2nd year)

언니 (eon-nee)- the romanized is often spelled as unni in America-- though I don't understand why-- and i used for a younger girl to refer to an older girl (only if they're relatively close-- like you can't just call someone you just met lr your boss an 언니)

오빠 (oh-bba)- the romanized is often spelled as oppa in America-- something else I don't understand-- and is used for a younger girl to refer to an older boy (once again, only if they're relatively close)

누나 (noo-nah)- often spelled noona and is used for a youner boy to refer to an older girl (same as always, ONLY if they're relatively close)

형 (hyeong)- often spelled hyung and is used for a younger boy to refer to an older boy

나 (nah)- me, I

저기 (jeo-gi)- literally means there but is used to address someone formally (like you barely know them or they're your boss or something)

당신 (dahng-sheen)- I was really tempted to write dang-shin but it makes me think of dang my shin so I kept laughing too hard-- anyways, it's used as a formal way to call someone "you" (is not used often in real life but you can hear it really often in a melodrama lol)

자기 (jah-gi)- *gags* is often a "petname" used by couples like "honey" "darling" etc. (only salty because I don't have anyone to call my 자기)

형님 (hyeong-neem)- often spelled hyungnim and is a formal way to address someone you know well but aren't close enough to call 오빠 언니 etc.

선생님 (seon-saeng-nim)- literally means teacher but is used to address someone you don't know very well (equivalent to sir or ma'am)

씨 (shi)- you stick it to the end of someone's name and BOOM instant formality (ie. 김성규씨)-- if you could read that, kudos to you, you realized that you can read Korean and you figured out who my ulimate bias is

군 (goon)- you just stick it to the end of a name and it becomes formal but what makes it different from 씨 is that it can also be attatched to just the surname and is used most often for males (ie. 김군)

These are all I could figure out so far, but if I remember any more, I'll make sure to add it to another chapter. Don't forget to comment, pm, whatever you prefer. Thanks ^^

 

 

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Hey guys, sorry for the hiatus. I'm working on the newest chapter which will be updated soon c:

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jjongisluv
#1
Chapter 9: Hello! Im not sure if you're still updating this but I wanted to ask if wae ireohge has the same meaning as eodeohge dwengeoya? Or if there even is a phrase like saw ireohge hehehe
SnowVillain
#2
I havent read yet, i just want to drop my comment since im so excited to read this learn korean thing...im really interested in learn korean language but i dont know where should i start ..so i hope i can learn as much as i can through this...kamsahamnida authornim
hanah2212
#3
Subcribe this bcause im buying korean comic ~.~
nicolekatey #4
Chapter 3: What's the sentence structure for korean? Because i dont know where to place words in a sentence thank you :)
Shikoba_hendrix #5
AHHHH I love this!! I need this! I love learning Korean but I'm really new to it, nevertheless I find myself writing Hangul everywhere at work now I know the alphabet, I just find it such a great writing system and feel like a code-breaker whenever I can read a sentence. Thank you so much for this, its so well written and what a great idea to have this reference on AFF great job teacher!! XxX
-kimmyeons #6
Chapter 17: Hello! Its been almost a year since I've commented and I just want to let you know that my Korean has improved~! When I first subsribed into this lesson, I don't know anything. But now I can read almost everything and I feel so proud of myself ;) and thank you for your help too since its getting confusing using all these words and their meaning and how to write a structure sentences properly. Thank you~
kimwookie
#7
Chapter 14: .annyeong.,can,you please teach us how to construct a sentence.,,gomawo!
-kimmyeons #8
Hello! I'm your 11th upvoter! This is realllly good for me to learn more Korean, since my parents couldn't afford a real Language class. Although all of it is confusing and only make my head hurt, I will learn one by one until I ace it since the main problem is I can talk a bit Korean and understand some of it but could not write it at all :-( the only korean word that I know is 카이 and 디으 which is no help at all xD exo-l here~! Hahahaha I will definitely take this as a learning class online. Thank you, btw!
S-Ari21
#9
HELP HELP!
Ok, now that I've got your attention. ^~^;
I have a question regarding this 본. I understand that it's not mentioned in your lessons but I've been seriously searching for the meaning of this character. I don't get it at all... Oh and if you're wondering, I got the character from SHINee's song Like a Fire. I'm trying to learn Korean with songs hehehe. ^~^