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Korean · B2 · Unit 21

Formal and informal

격식체와 비격식체

By the end you can

Words and phrases

KoreanMeaningExample
처음 뵙겠습니다(cheoeum boepgetseumnida) how do you do (very polite, on first meeting)처음 뵙겠습니다. 저는 김지수라고 합니다.
진지 드셨어요?(jinji deusyeosseoyo?) have you eaten? (honorific, to an elder; 진지 is the honorific for 밥)할아버지, 진지 드셨어요?
연세(yeonse) age (honorific for 나이)할아버지 연세가 어떻게 되세요?
께서(kkeseo) honorific subject particle (in place of 이/가)할머니께서 직접 만드셨어요.
여쭤봐도 될까요?(yeojjwobwado doelkkayo?) may I ask? (humble 여쭙다)한 가지 여쭤봐도 될까요?
말씀 낮추세요(malsseum natchuseyo) please talk to me casually (said to an elder)편하게 말씀 낮추세요.
잡수세요(japsuseyo) please eat (very honorific, to elders)할머니, 이것 좀 잡수세요.
말 놓아도 돼요?(mal noado dwaeyo?) can we drop the formalities? (switch to 반말)우리 동갑인데 말 놓아도 돼요?
격식(gyeoksik) formality (격식을 차리다: be formal)친구한테는 격식 차릴 필요 없어요.
말투(maltu) tone, way of speaking이메일 말투가 너무 딱딱해요.
ㅋㅋ(kk) haha (in casual texts; never to your boss)실수로 부장님께 'ㅋㅋ'를 보냈어요.

Then talk it through

Meeting your partner's grandparents for the first time. In the app you have this conversation out loud or typed, with the unit's goals to tick off and corrections at the end.