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Speech Room · Unit 5 · On the Level 2 path

Honorifics 3: humble words

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Sori and Hoya

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What you’ll learn

  • 드리다 · 여쭙다 · 모시다 · 뵙다Humble words: lowering myself to honour you
  • V-아/어 드리다 · N드리다Doing things for someone you honour: -아/어 드리다
  • 저희 · 저 · 제가저희 — the humble ‘we’ and ‘our’

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • 압존법 — when the person you honour is below your listener
  • Honorific or humble? Who acts, and toward whom
  • At the front desk: humble phrases of service

The scene opens

  1. G

    Guest

    안녕하세요. 원장님을 뵈러 왔어요.

    Hello. I've come to see the director.

  2. Hoya

    안녕하세요. 확인해 드릴게요. 아, 저희 원장님께서는 지금 회의실에 계세요. 잠시만 기다려 주십시오.

    Hello. Let me check for you. Ah, our director is in the meeting room at the moment. Please wait a moment.

  3. G

    Guest

    네, 기다릴게요.

    All right, I'll wait.

Inside the unit

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