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Speech Room

Formal style (합니다체), honorifics (-(으)시-, 께서, 드시다…) and casual speech (반말) — how to move between them and when.

  • 6 units
  • 24 grammar patterns
  • 166 words

  1. Unit 1

    Formal style 1: -(스)ㅂ니다

    Hoya practises a formal introduction

    V/A-(스)ㅂ니다 · -(스)ㅂ니까? · N입니다 · N입니까? · N이/가 아닙니다 · 네, ~ㅂ니다 · 아니요, ~ · 합니다체 vs 해요체

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  2. Unit 2

    Formal style 2: at work and on announcements

    An afternoon at the Soho Academy office

    V-(으)십시오 · -지 마십시오 · V-(으)ㅂ시다 · -지 맙시다 · Announcement patterns · 해요체 ↔ 합니다체

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  3. Unit 3

    Honorifics 1: -(으)시-

    Grandmother at the pine tree

    V/A-(으)시- · V-(으)세요 · N이세요 · N세요 · V/A-(으)셨어요 · -(으)실 거예요

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  4. Unit 4

    Honorifics 2: 께서 and special words

    Grandmother visits the Soho Academy

    N께서 · N께서는 · N께 · 드시다 · 주무시다 · 계시다 · 말씀하시다 · 편찮으시다 · 성함 · 연세 · 댁 · 분 · 말씀 · -님 · 드리다 · 여쭙다 · 모시다 · 뵙다 · 저희

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  5. Unit 5

    Casual speech 1: 반말

    Two friends at a convenience store

    V/A-아/어 · N이야/야 · 아니야 · -네 · -지 · -(으)ㄹ게 · -(으)ㄹ래 · -(으)ㄹ까 · -(으)ㄴ데 · -아/어 · -지 마 · -자 · (-아/어라) · -니? · -냐?

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  6. Unit 6

    Casual speech 2: switching and social rules

    Grandmother switches, Hoya slips

    말(을) 놓다 · -아/어도 돼요? · -(으)ㄹ게요 · the ending follows the listener · N 은/는 · 이/가 · 을/를 dropped · 끊어 말하기 · 이건 · 이걸 · 이게 · 난 · 넌 · 뭘 · 근데

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