{"id":5002,"date":"2017-11-29T22:30:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T03:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/?p=5002"},"modified":"2017-11-30T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T19:33:00","slug":"the-essential-honorific-words-in-korean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/the-essential-honorific-words-in-korean\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Honorific Words in Korean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How familiar are you with honorific words in Korean? By incorporating honorific words in your Korean speaking, you will be able to demonstrate your consideration to your listeners in a highly respectful way.<\/p>\n<p>Referring back to these two posts, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/formal-or-informal\/\">\u201cFormal or Informal?\u201d<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/how-to-greet-say-goodbye-like-a-korean\/\">\u201cHow to Greet &amp; Say Goodbye Like a Korean\u201d<\/a>, Korean language has several different levels of speech patterns that show respect to others: depending on the speakers\u2019 ages, societal statues, or circumstances. Besides different speech patterns, there is another way to show your listeners that they are highly respected in Korean. At times, you will hear others around you who use honorific expressions towards you as well, especially when you are a customer at a restaurant and a store. Therefore, becoming familiar with a list of honorific vocabulary in Korean will be helpful to minimize your guesswork in the future and to build fluency in Korean.<\/p>\n<p>The following is widely used honorific vocabulary in Korean that will become a good reference to you in the future:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5005\" style=\"width: 966px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5005\" class=\"wp-image-5005 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/11\/1.-The-Essential-Honorific-Words-in-Korean.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"956\" height=\"1006\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/11\/1.-The-Essential-Honorific-Words-in-Korean.png 956w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/11\/1.-The-Essential-Honorific-Words-in-Korean-333x350.png 333w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/11\/1.-The-Essential-Honorific-Words-in-Korean-768x808.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by KLM<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The above is a short list of honorific vocabulary, but these words are frequently used in Korean. When you listen to someone speaking or watch Korean dramas next time, you might be able to recognize one of these words and understand what it means within the context.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #808000\">\uac10\uc0ac\ud569\ub2c8\ub2e4!<\/span><\/strong><\/em> (Thank you!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>***Related Vocabulary***<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/11\/The-Essential-Honorific-Words-in-Korean.m4a'>The Essential Honorific Words in Korean<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":false,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":false,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/11\/The-Essential-Honorific-Words-in-Korean.m4a\",\"type\":\"audio\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"The Essential Honorific Words in Korean\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"The Essential Honorific Words in Korean\\\".\",\"meta\":{\"artist\":\"by KLM\",\"length_formatted\":\"1:13\"},\"image\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64},\"thumb\":{\"src\":\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/audio.svg\",\"width\":48,\"height\":64}}]}<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\t\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ubc25<\/em>\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 (meal) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u21d2<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0<em>\uc9c4\uc9c0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 240px\">ex) <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ud560\uba38\ub2c8<\/em><em>, <\/em><em>\uc9c4\uc9c0<\/em> <em>\ub4dc\uc168\uc5b4\uc694<\/em><em>?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Grandma, did you eat?)<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc774\ub984<\/em><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 (name) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u21d2<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc131\ud568<\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #808000\">\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 240px\">ex) <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc131\ud568\uc774<\/em> <em>\uc5b4\ub5bb\uac8c<\/em> <em>\ub418\uc138\uc694<\/em><em>?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(What is your name?)<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ub098\uc774 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span>\u00a0(age) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u21d2<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc5f0\uc138<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 240px\">ex) <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc5f0\uc138\uac00 \u00a0<\/em><em>\uc5b4\ub5bb\uac8c \u00a0<\/em><em>\ub418\uc138\uc694<\/em><em>?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(How old are you?)<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\">&#8211; <em>\uba85 \u00a0<\/em><\/span>\u00a0(counter for people) \u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u21d2<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #808000\">&#8211; \ubd84\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 240px\">ex) <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uba87 \u00a0<\/em><em>\ubd84\uc774\uc138\uc694<\/em><em>? <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (How many people?)<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc788\ub2e4 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(to be) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u21d2<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uacc4\uc2dc\ub2e4\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 240px\">ex) <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc591<\/em> <em>\uad50\uc218\ub2d8<\/em> <em>\uc5b4\ub514<\/em> <em>\uacc4\uc138\uc694<\/em><em>?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Where is professor Yang?)<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><em><span style=\"color: #808000\">\uc790\ub2e4<\/span> \u00a0<\/em>\u00a0(to sleep) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u21d2<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc8fc\ubb34\uc2dc\ub2e4<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 240px\">ex)<span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uc548\ub155\ud788\u00a0<\/em><em>\uc8fc\ubb34\uc138\uc694<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 270px\">(Good Night.)<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\uba39\ub2e4<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> (to eat) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000\">\u21d2<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ub4dc\uc2dc\ub2e4<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 240px\">ex) <span style=\"color: #808000\"><em>\ub9ce\uc774<\/em> <em>\ub4dc\uc138\uc694<\/em><em>!<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 270px\">(Help yourself!\/ Bon appetite!)<\/p>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/11\/The-Essential-Honorific-Words-in-Korean-350x247.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/11\/The-Essential-Honorific-Words-in-Korean-350x247.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/11\/The-Essential-Honorific-Words-in-Korean-768x542.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/11\/The-Essential-Honorific-Words-in-Korean-1024x722.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/11\/The-Essential-Honorific-Words-in-Korean.png 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>How familiar are you with honorific words in Korean? By incorporating honorific words in your Korean speaking, you will be able to demonstrate your consideration to your listeners in a highly respectful way. Referring back to these two posts, \u201cFormal or Informal?\u201d and \u201cHow to Greet &amp; Say Goodbye Like a Korean\u201d, Korean language has&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/the-essential-honorific-words-in-korean\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":5004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[2871,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5002","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-korean-language","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5002"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5014,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5002\/revisions\/5014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/korean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}