Koreans use the honorific when they speak to stranger or older than themselves. Using the honorific is very important in Korea because it can be very rude without using the honorific. I am sure that you can use your foreigner card for a while, but it will not work for everyone in Korea. To give your positive impression to people you meet for the first time in Korea, you have to learn honorific. At least, you need to know all greeting in honorific form.\u00a0\u00a0For instance,\u00a0\uc774\ub984\/name is \uc131\ud568\u00a0in honorific. \u00a0Let\u2019s compare informal and formal languages and sentences.<\/p>\n
Hi\/Hello.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \uc548\ub155\u00a0–> \uc548\ub155\ud558\uc138\uc694<\/p>\n
Good bye (to people who stay) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\uc798 \uc788\uc5b4 –> \uc548\ub155\ud788 \uacc4\uc138\uc694.<\/p>\n
Good bye (to people who leave) \uc798 \uac00\u00a0–>\u00a0\u00a0 \uc548\ub155\ud788 \uac00\uc138\uc694.<\/p>\n
What is your name? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\uc774\ub984\uc774 \ubb50\uc608\uc694?\u00a0–> \uc131\ud568\uc774 \uc5b4\ub5bb\uac8c \ub418\uc138\uc694?<\/p>\n
What is your job? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\ubb34\uc2a8 \uc77c \ud574\uc694? –> \ubb34\uc2a8 \uc77c \ud558\uc138\uc694?<\/p>\n
Where are you from?\u00a0\u00a0 \uc5b4\ub514\uc11c \uc654\uc5b4\uc694?\u00a0–> \uc5b4\ub514\uc11c \uc624\uc168\uc5b4\uc694?<\/p>\n
Where do you live?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \uc5b4\ub514\uc11c \uc0b4\uc544\uc694?\u00a0–> \uc5b4\ub514\uc11c \uc0ac\uc138\uc694?<\/p>\n
Where do you work?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \uc5b4\ub514\uc11c \uc77c\ud574\uc694?\u00a0–> \uc5b4\ub514\uc11c \uc77c \ud558\uc138\uc694?<\/p>\n
As you see above the examples using (\uc73c)\uc138\uc694 is at the end can be very polite way to speak Korean. Please watch below the video to hear more explanation.<\/p>\n
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