I know it is very confusing!

So 친구(chingu) is who is literally friends. (no age limit set)

형(Hyung): When younger boy calls older boy

*누나(Nuna): When younger boy calls older girl

오빠(Oppa): When younger girl calls older boy

언니(Unni): When younger girl calls older girl

동생(Dongsaeng): When older person calls younger person(no gender difference)

Hope this helped!:)

Thank you,

Madison, Koreanclass101.com

only chingu was new
but hyung (older brother) isn’t that used by males only?
i thought females used oppa
or is it that because Seol asked about his older brother that she used hyung?

and i thought dongsaeng was usually used for reffering to younger sibling
what part made it feminine (yeo?)?
unni is used by females to speak to their older sisters right?
and noona by boys to older sisters right?

nice lesson by the way

It’s great that you started writing journals in Korean. That will be very practical way to learn Korean more. : )

Let me help you by correcting just one mistake.

-  내 취미는 책을 읽는 것입니다. to mean ‘My hobby is reading a book.’

And.. 나는/ 내가 are informal, and 저는 /제가 are formal.

When you use the particle ‘는’, you can say the pronoun 나 or 저

However, when you use the particle ‘가’, you should use the different pronoun 내, or 제

You can get more information about ways to use the particles at below grammar banks : )

- About 은/는: http://www.koreanclass101.com/learningcenter/reference/grammar/358?
- About 이/가: http://www.koreanclass101.com/learningcenter/reference/grammar/362?

Thank you!

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

이랑 means ‘with’. I think you’ve already studied the word 과(gwa) and 같이(gatchi) which also means ‘with’. For causal and informal conversation, Korean people use the word 이랑 more often than 같이.
So you can say

- 내 여동생과 함꼐 약속이 있어요.
- 내 여동생이랑 약속이 있어요.
- 내 여동생과 같이 약속이 있어요.

All of them have the same meaning.

I hoep this helps.

Thank you!

- Jaehwi / Koreanclass101.com

You can just say “그냥 없어요” if you don’t want others prying into your business. That must be tiring though…