A2 ยท ElementaryUnit 10: Getting Things Done

๐ŸŽฉKorean Formal & Informal

Tรบ/usted, tu/vous, du/Sie โ€” knowing when to use each

18 words ยท ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Korean๐Ÿ“ Grammar: formal vs informal register

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Vocabulary โ€” 18 words

๋ฐ˜๋ง vs ์กด๋Œ“๋ง

informal vs formal speech

phraseโ–ผ
๋ฐ˜๋ง์„ ์“ฐ๋‹ค

to use informal speech

phraseโ–ผ
์กด๋Œ“๋ง์„ ์“ฐ๋‹ค

to use formal speech

phraseโ–ผ
์•ˆ๋…•ํ•˜์‹ญ๋‹ˆ๊นŒ?

how are you? (formal)

phraseโ–ผ
~๋‹˜๊ป˜

dear (formal, in letters)

phraseโ–ผ
๊ฐ์‚ฌํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค

thank you (formal)

phraseโ–ผ
์ž ์‹œ๋งŒ์š”

excuse me (requesting permission)

phraseโ–ผ
๊ฐ์‚ฌ๋“œ๋ฆฝ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค

I thank you (formal)

phraseโ–ผ
์‹ค๋ก€ํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค

excuse me (formal)

intjโ–ผ
์˜๊ด‘์ž…๋‹ˆ๋‹ค

a pleasure

phraseโ–ผ
์–ด๋–ป๊ฒŒ ๋„์™€๋“œ๋ฆด๊นŒ์š”?

how can I help you? (formal)

phraseโ–ผ
~์„ธ์š”

please (formal command)

phraseโ–ผ
~(์œผ)์‹ญ์‹œ์˜ค

please (very formal)

phraseโ–ผ
์ฃ„์†กํ•ฉ๋‹ˆ๋‹ค

I am sorry (formal)

phraseโ–ผ
๋ง์”€ํ•˜์„ธ์š”

please speak (formal)

phraseโ–ผ
๊ณ„์‹œ๋‹ค

to be / stay (honorific)

verbโ–ผ
๋“œ๋ฆฌ๋‹ค

to give (humble)

verbโ–ผ
์—ฌ์ญ™๋‹ค

to ask (humble)

verbโ–ผ
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