Speech Room · Unit 3 · On the Level 2 path

Honorifics 2: 께서 and special words

Grandmother visits the Soho Academy

This unit is part of the Level 2 Pass — opening soon.

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What you’ll learn

N께서 · N께서는 · N께The honorific particles — the whole family
드시다 · 주무시다 · 계시다 · 말씀하시다 · 편찮으시다Special honorific verbs — and the 있다 trap
성함 · 연세 · 댁 · 분 · 말씀 · -님Honorific nouns and titles

Sori’s tips in this unit

Never honour yourself — not even your own name
커피 나오셨습니다 — honouring things
Greetings for the people you honour
씨, 쌤, 선생님, 님 — calling people

The scene opens

할머니, 안녕하세요! 소호학당에 오셨어요!

Hello, Grandmother! You've come to the Soho Academy!
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Sori's grandmother

호야 씨, 안녕하세요? 오늘은 소호학당을 구경하러 왔어요.

Hello, Hoya. Today I've come to look around the Soho Academy.
소리쌤께서는 지금 교실에 계세요. 여기 앉으세요. 식사하셨어요? 차 드세요.

Sori-ssaem is in the classroom now. Please sit here. Have you eaten? Have some tea.

Inside the unit

1
SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
2
Grammar3 patterns: why you need it now, the rule, a table and examples
3
Sori’s tipsExceptions, reasons and easily confused pairs
4
Hoya’s notebookLife in Korea, in Hoya’s own words
5
Words23 words, which go into your spaced review
6
PracticeFill the gap, build the sentence, pick the reply — and fix Hoya’s mistakes
7
Review roomQuestions from this unit and earlier ones, each marked with where it comes from
8
Read & writeA short reading with questions, and a writing task with a model answer
9
Cheat sheetThe whole unit on one printable card