Lesson 7
루르드 선생님
오늘의 레슨
The Importance of Korean levels
-이에요/예요 “is’
Question words 뭐 “what” and 어느
“which”
More vocabularies
The Importance of Korean Levels
Honorifics are very important in Korean and are something you will
encounter in Korean literally every day. From when you call a
stranger who dropped a purse or a worker in a restaurant to when
you talk to your parents or boss, every daily situation involves using
honorifics https://blog.lingodeer.com/korean-speech-levels/
If a Korean chooses the wrong honorific, it can
result in humiliation, embarrassment or even
offending the listeners.
Four Commonly Used Korean Speech
Levels
Formal and polite/ 합니다/ Hasipsio-che (하십시오체): used by TV
broadcasters, to elders
Formal and casual/ 한다/ Haera-che (해라체): used in reported speech and
written materials
Informal and polite/ 해요/ Haeyo-che (해요체): used between strangers,
colleagues
Informal and casual/ 해/ Hae-che (해체) or banmal (반말): used between
close friends and to younger people
-이에요/예요
Think of this pattern as an equal sign; it helps describe some equivalence
between two things (such as “I am Paul." or "She is a doctor.").
Unlike -입니다, before you put -이에요/예요, you need to pay attention in the last
character of each word.
The Question Word“뭐”What
Use “뭐” like the English word just like “What” when
asking questions
Topic Marker -은/는
The topic marker, as its name implies, designates the topic of a sentence. Not every
sentence has to have a topic marker, however. Rather, the topic marker appears
when one wants to stress a new topic. Think of how, when making introductions,
you might use your hands to indicate the people to whom you're referring. When
making introductions in Korean, the topic marker functions as this gesture,
emphasizing each person in turn.
Countries and Nationalities
The Question Word 어느 “which”
The question word 어느 followed by a noun allows you to ask someone to specify
which among a category or group of objects.
Vocabulary
Expressions
Anne: Annyeonghaseyo
Satoru: Annyeonghaseyo
Anne: Ireum-i mwoyeyo?
Satoru: Jeoneun Satoru-yeyo.
Ireum-i mwoyeyo?
Anne: Jeoneun Anne-iyeyo.
Bangapseumnida.
Satoru: Bangapseumnida
Mark Hello. I am Mark.
Yujin Hello. I am Yujin. Vocabulary Expressions
Mark Yujin, which country are you
from?
Yujin I am Korean. Mark, which
country are you from?
Mark I am American.
(The conversation continues for some time.)
Yujin See you later.
Mark See you later.
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