{"id":4398,"date":"2017-02-08T22:30:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T03:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=4398"},"modified":"2018-07-26T00:35:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T05:35:46","slug":"3-ways-to-say-i-love-you-in-korean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/3-ways-to-say-i-love-you-in-korean\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Say \u201cI Love You\u201d in Korean"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love is everywhere! As you are aware, Valentine\u2019s Day is approaching soon. Do you have someone special to say \u201c I love you\u201d this Valentine\u2019s Day? Here are three different ways to say, \u201cI love you\u201d in Korean.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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February 14th<\/sup> starts a series of romantic days in the Korean calendar. In this article, I will mention 3 love days in Korea: February 14, March 14, and April 14, and three different ways to say, \u201cI\u00a0love you\u201d in Korean.<\/p>\n

On February 14th<\/sup>, \u00a0\ubc1c\ub80c\ud0c0\uc778\uc2a4<\/em> \ub370\uc774<\/em> <\/span>(Valentine\u2019s day) in Korea, men do not have to worry about buying \u00a0\ucd08\ucf5c\ub81b <\/em><\/span>(chocolate) or \u00a0\uaf43<\/em> <\/span>(flowers) for their ladies. This is the day that women cater their men with chocolate or presents to show their affection. March 14th<\/sup>, Koreans call it \u00a0\ud654\uc774\ud2b8<\/em> \ub370\uc774<\/em> <\/span>(White Day); is the day that men give non chocolate items, such as lollipops, perfumes, flowers, or jewelry, to their ladies to show their love and care. April 14th<\/sup> is a \ube14\ub799<\/em> \ub370\uc774<\/em> <\/span>(Black Day), and this is the day that sad singles who did not receive anything on \ubc1c\ub80c\ud0c0\uc778\uc2a4<\/em> \ub370\uc774<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 or \u00a0\ud654\uc774\ud2b8<\/em> \ub370\uc774<\/em><\/span>, head to Chinese-Korean restaurant and share \u00a0\uc9dc\uc7a5\uba74<\/em> <\/span>(Black Noodles) to comfort each other.<\/p>\n

If you have a special someone whom you want to say, \u201cI love you\u201d in Korean this valentine\u2019s day, or if you enjoy watching K-dramas and K-movies, the following expressions will come in handy for you.<\/p>\n

A Korean word \u00a0\uc0ac\ub791<\/em>\u00a0<\/span> means love, and \u00a0\uc0ac\ub791\ud558\ub2e4<\/span>\u00a0<\/em> <\/span>is the basic form of the verb love. As you are aware<\/a>,<\/u> Korean language has different levels of politeness: depending on your relationship to the person with whom you are speaking. Here are three different ways to say \u201cI love you\u201d in Korean. Please pay attention to verb conjugations depending on the level of politeness.<\/p>\n

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  1. \uc0ac\ub791\ud569\ub2c8\ub2e4<\/u><\/span><\/em>.<\/u><\/em><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 (Formal – I love you)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    [sa-lang-hap-ni-da<\/span>]<\/p>\n

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    1. \uc0ac\ub791\ud574\uc694<\/u><\/span><\/em>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 (Polite – I love you)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      [sa-lang-hae-yo<\/span>]<\/p>\n

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      1. \uc0ac\ub791\ud574<\/u><\/span><\/em>.<\/em>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 (Informal – I love you)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \u00a0[sa-lang-hae<\/span>]<\/p>\n

        If you want to add a name of your special someone or proper nouns:<\/p>\n