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March 17, 2010
A Friendly Introduction
This Lesson adds more vocabulary and grammar to help you introduce yourselves.
Vocabulary
씨 - (Mr., Ms., Mrs.)
연 주 씨. 안녕하세요. - Honam is a student.
선생님 - teacher
유라 씨는 선생님입니다. - Yura is a teacher
이 다 - To be
우와! 한국이다! - Wow! It`s Korea
The Honorific Suffix - 씨
In Korean 씨 (ssi) is the honorific suffix. Just as the title suggests, it gestures respect to the name it is suffixed to.
It can be used to respect anybody. It is unisex and can be used regardless of age.
It is used more frequently than the English titles, Mister, Misses, and Miss. If two people are not on casual terms, they will typically suffix 씨 (ssi) to the other person's name.
It is only used when referring to... Show more
May 10, 2009
May is Family Month – Save 30%!
The Month of May in Korea is often called Family Month. There's Children's Day, Parent's Day, and Teacher's Day. Korea takes Mother's Day to a whole different level! On these days you give your Children, Parents and Teachers gifts to show them how much you appreciate them. Children often benefit the most with candy and money being popular gifts. Teachers get quite a lot of gifts as well as they have many students and parents to receive gifts from. And that's why the month of May is called Family month in Korea!
Well... did you learn something new about Korea?
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