TERMS


Some terms I organized... I hope this helps.

Honorifics
  • -nim - honorific way of calling. When you are lower status than the other person.
    • ex) Hwarang-nim
    • also when you are online, if you don't know the other person at all, you called them -nim
  • -ssi or -shi - honorific way of calling. When you are same status.
    • ex) Hwarang-shi

Family or close friends
  • Oppa - younger sister or a girl calling older brother or older boy
    • ex) Hwarang Oppa or just Oppa
    • Orabunie - older word for Oppa. Can be a honorific way.
  • Hyung - younger brother or a boy calling older brother or older boy
    • ex) Hwarang Hyung or just Hyung
    • Hyung-nim - honorific way of calling Hyung. 
      • If an older guy calls another guy Hyung-nim, they might be a gang member...
      • It can be just brothers or close friends
      • Younger brother's wife calls older brother's wife Hyung-nim.
  • Unnie - younger sister or a girl calling older sister or older girl
    • ex) Hwarang Unnie or just Unnie
    • Husband's younger sister calls her older brother's wife Unnie
  • Noona - younger brother or a boy calling older sister or older girl
    • Hwarang Noona or just Noona
    • Noonim - honorific way of calling Noona
  • Dongsaeng - younger sibling or younger person. (This word won't really come out because I can just translate to 'younger sibling')
    • Yeodongsaeng - younger girl sibling
    • Namdongsaeng - younger boy sibling

People terms
  • Ajumma - middle aged lady. A married woman can be called Ajumma, but younger people will hate it. Around 40-late 50.
  • Ajussi - middle aged man.

If you guys don't know the pronunciation, go to GOOGLE TRANSLATE and hear English pronunciation. I used that... most of them are similar.

Ask me if you have question~

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