Learning Korean pronouns can be difficult and confusing, even for an intermediate level student.\u00a0 For today’s post, we’ll get to the bottom of understanding Korean pronouns and when they’re used.<\/p>\n
First off, let’s start off with the singular first person pronoun on the formal level.\u00a0 To say\u00a0“I” or “me”\u00a0in Korean you would use juh (\uc800<\/strong>).\u00a0 The singular first person pronoun on the informal level is na (\ub098<\/strong>).\u00a0 Na (\ub098<\/strong>)\u00a0also means “I” or “me.”\u00a0 It’s just that na (\ub098<\/strong>) is informal while juh (\uc800<\/strong>) is used when you want to express yourself formally.\u00a0 The plural first person pronoun on the formal level is juhhi (\uc800\ud76c<\/strong>).\u00a0 Juhi (\uc800\ud76c<\/strong>) means “we” or “us” or “our.”\u00a0 The plural first person pronoun on the informal level is uri (\uc6b0\ub9ac<\/strong>).\u00a0 Uri (\uc6b0\ub9ac<\/strong>) has the same meaning as juhi (\uc800\ud76c<\/strong>).\u00a0 In Korean, the dominant usage of uri (\uc6b0\ub9ac<\/strong>) and juhi (\uc800\ud76c<\/strong>) is for posessives.\u00a0 When you want to say ‘our house’ you would probably used the juhi (\uc800\ud76c<\/strong>) or uri (\uc6b0\ub9ac<\/strong>).\u00a0 However when you want to say ‘we are here,’ you’re most likely to drop the ‘we’ altogether.<\/p>\n In Korean, the second person singular polite form is dangshin (\ub2f9\uc2e0<\/strong>), while the second person singular informal form is noh (\ub108<\/strong>).\u00a0 Both mean ‘you,’ but there’s a catch here.\u00a0 Dangshin (\ub2f9\uc2e0<\/strong>) can also mean ‘dear’ as in the affectionate term that married couples call each other.\u00a0 You don’t really need to worry about this pronoun because it’s usually dropped in conversation.\u00a0 It’s usually obvious when you’re talking to someone (through eye contact)\u00a0and so you really don’t need the ‘you’ to address someone.\u00a0 The second person plural polite form is dangshindul (\ub2f9\uc2e0\ub4e4<\/strong>) and the second person plural informal is noh-hidul (\ub108\ud788\ub4e4<\/strong>).\u00a0 Both mean ‘you all.’\u00a0 Again these forms are usually dropped and sometimes the title yorobun (\uc5ec\ub7ec\ubd84<\/strong>), which means ‘everyone’ or ‘everybody’ is used instead.<\/p>\n The third person singular masculine form is ku (\uadf8<\/strong>) while the third person singular feminine form is ku-nyuh (\uadf8\ub140<\/strong>).\u00a0 Both forms mean ‘they’\u00a0or ‘them.’ \u00a0The third person plural masculine form is kudul (\uadf8\ub4e4<\/strong>) while the third person plural feminine form is ku-nyuh-dul (\uadf8\ub140\ub4e4<\/strong>).\u00a0 Both plural forms mean ‘they all.’\u00a0 Again in place of the ‘they all’ form sometimes yorobun (\uc5ec\ub7ec\ubd84<\/strong>) or ‘everyone’ is used instead.<\/p>\n Well, that’s it for today.\u00a0 Hopefully this clarified matters!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Learning Korean pronouns can be difficult and confusing, even for an intermediate level student.\u00a0 For today’s post, we’ll get to the bottom of understanding Korean pronouns and when they’re used. First off, let’s start off with the singular first person pronoun on the formal level.\u00a0 To say\u00a0“I” or “me”\u00a0in Korean you would use juh (\uc800).\u00a0…<\/p>\n