{"id":9784,"date":"2026-10-13T03:20:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:801\/?p=9784"},"modified":"2026-10-13T03:20:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T19:20:26","slug":"pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/?p=9784","title":{"rendered":"Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Person<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1st person
\n<\/caption>\n
Korean<\/th>\nEnglish<\/th>\nComment\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\uc800\n<\/td>\nI, me\n<\/td>\n\n
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  • This is the high form and should be used to show humbleness<\/li>\n
  • As a subject, it can be \uc800\ub294 or \uc81c\uac00\n
      \n
    • \uc800\ub294 can be contracted as \uc804<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Possessive is \uc800\uc758 or the shortened version, \uc81c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\ub098\n<\/td>\nI, me\n<\/td>\n\n
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  • This is the low form version<\/li>\n
  • As a subject, it can be \ub098\ub294 or \ub0b4\uac00\n
      \n
    • \ub098\ub294 can be contracted as \ub09c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
    • Possessive is \ub098\uc758 or the shortened version, \ub0b4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\uc800\ud76c\n<\/td>\nUs (high form or limited group)\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\uc6b0\ub9ac\n<\/td>\nUs (everyone)\n<\/td>\n\n
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  • \uc6b0\ub9ac can also mean “my” sometimes\n
      \n
    • \uc6b0\ub9ac \uc5c4\ub9c8: My mother<\/li>\n
    • \uc6b0\ub9ac \ub098\ub77c: My country (our country)<\/li>\n
    • \uc6b0\ub9ac \ub0a8\ud3b8: My husband<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

      \n<\/p>\n

      Second Person<\/span><\/h2>\n

      In Korean using 2nd person is much different from English. Refering to someone as “you,” especially someone who is older than you can be considered rude, as well as someone who you are not familiar with (unless they are much younger). It’s better to refer to older people by a title and people who are near your age as their name until you become close to them.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
      2nd person
      \n<\/caption>\n
      Korean<\/th>\nEnglish<\/th>\nComment\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
      \ub2f9\uc2e0\n<\/td>\nYou.\n<\/td>\n\n
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      • This form can also be used when arguing or fighting with someone who’s name you don’t know, i.e. during a car accident.\n
          \n
        • “\ub2f9\uc2e0, \uc6b4\uc804 \ub611\ubc14\ub85c \ud574!”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Sometimes this form is also used in a general form when addressing people in general, i.e. in advertisements.\n
            \n
          • XX\ubcf4\ud5d8\ud68c\uc0ac\ub294 \ub2f9\uc2e0\uc744 \uc18c\uc911\ud558\uac8c \uc0dd\uac01\ud569\ub2c8\ub2e4.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
          • This form is also used when spouses call each other with respect.\n
              \n
            • “\ub2f9\uc2e0, \uc624\ub298 \uba87\uc2dc\uc5d0 \ub4e4\uc5b4\uc640\uc694?”: “Honey, what time will you come home today?”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \ub108\n<\/td>\nYou (low form)\n<\/td>\n\n
        \n
      • This is typically only used between friends, especially around the same age or younger.<\/li>\n
      • As a subject, it can be \ub108\ub294 or \ub124\uac00\n
          \n
        • \ub108\ub294 can be contracted as \ub10c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Since \ub124\uac00 and \ub0b4\uac00 have almost the same pronunciation, it can be confusing in spoken language, so people often\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
          \n
          pronounce it is \ub2c8\uac00 instead of \ub124\uac00.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n
            \n
          • Although wrong, many Koreans also use \ub108\uac00 instead of \ub124\uac00.<\/li>\n
          • Possessive is \ub108\uc758 or the shortened version, \ub124. Also often gets pronounced as \ub2c8 instead of \ub124(your) in spoken language due to the similar pronunciation as \ub0b4(my).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \uc790\ub124\n<\/td>\nYou\n<\/td>\n\n
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      • This is used by older both men and women (50 years old and above usually, and mostly men) towards younger people, mostly men.\n
          \n
        • “\uc790\ub124\ub294 \uc774\ub984\uc774 \ubb54\uac00?”: “What is your name, son?”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \uadf8\ub300\n<\/td>\nYou (poetic)\n<\/td>\nThis form is often used poetically and in song lyrics used towards an intimate subject (for example one’s girlfriend).\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \ub108\ud76c \/ \ub108\ud76c\ub4e4\n<\/td>\nYou all\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \ub2f9\uc2e0\ub4e4\n<\/td>\nYou all\n<\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

      Third person<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
      Third person
      \n<\/caption>\n
      Korean<\/th>\nEnglish<\/th>\nComment\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
      \uadf8\n<\/td>\nHe\n<\/td>\n\n
        \n
      • Actually \uadf8 is not often used in korean. But when translate English into Korean, HE and SHE are just translated \uadf8 and \uadf8\ub140.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \uadf8\ub140\n<\/td>\nShe\n<\/td>\n\n
        \n
      • Actually \uadf8\ub140 is not often used in korean. But when translate English into Korean, HE and SHE are just translated \uadf8 and \uadf8\ub140.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \uc598\n<\/td>\nThis guy, this girl\n<\/td>\n\n
        \n
      • “\uc598\uac00 \ub0b4 \ub3d9\uc0dd\uc774\uc57c.”: “This is my younger sister.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \uc7e4\n<\/td>\nThat guy, that girl\n<\/td>\n*\uc7e4\uac00 \ub0b4 \ub3d9\uc0dd\uc774\uc57c.(That is younger sister.)\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \uac54\n<\/td>\nThat guy, that girl\n<\/td>\n\n
        \n
      • “\ub108 \uc601\ud76c \uc54c\uc544? \uac54\uac00 \ub0b4 \ub3d9\uc0dd\uc774\uc57c.”: “Do you know Young Hee? She is my sister.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
      \uc774 \ubd84, \uc800 \ubd84, \uadf8 \ubd84\n<\/td>\nHe, she (high form)\n<\/td>\n\n
        \n
      • As a subject, it can be \uadf8 \ubd84\uc774, \uc800 \ubd84\uc774, \uc774 \ubd84\uc774\n
          \n
        • “\uc774 \ubd84\uc774 \uc81c \uc544\ubc84\uc9c0\uc608\uc694.”: “This is my father.”<\/li>\n
        • “\uc800 \ubd84\uc774 \uc81c \uc544\ubc84\uc9c0\uc608\uc694.”: “That is my father.”<\/li>\n
        • “\uadf8 \ubd84\uc774 \uc81c \uc544\ubc84\uc9c0\uc608\uc694.”: “He is my father.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

          \n<\/p>\n

          Related Pages<\/span><\/h2>\n
            \n
          • Grammar<\/li>\n
          • Linguistics and language<\/li>\n
          • Question words<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            First Person 1st person Korean English Comment \uc800 I, me …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kr-open-book"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hanliuquan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}