Showing posts with label intermediate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intermediate. Show all posts

Monday, September 30, 2013

Friday, September 28, 2012

How to Address Others in Korean

호칭 • 이름 부르기


Question today comes from Mark in Canada:
I heard Koreans do not call older people by their names. Then how do you address each other? How about in professional relationship such as colleagues or your clients?

Friday, October 28, 2011

Charari - '차라리'

Question today comes from 민들레 who asked about "차라리."
"차라리' 어떡해 써도 돼요?

Sunday, August 21, 2011

What's African-American in Korean? How's it different from 흑인?

Question today comes from K.B. Ansari about the term "African-American."
I was watching Korean television and I came across someone talking about black culture, hip-hop and so forth. I never knew of a way to say "black" in Korean (other than the color) and always used 아프리카 미국인. To see this other way caught my attention and I wanted to see if it has any other meanings behind it before I started to use it.

Does '흑인' mean anything else? I don't want to start referring to myself and say something degrading. Not to say that I believe it will, but just to be on the safe side.

정말 감사합니다! ^^