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Speech Room · Unit 4

Honorifics 2: 께서 and special words

Grandmother visits the Soho Academy

Sori the magpie

This unit is part of the Speech Room Pass — opening soon.

Until then, you can find your level with the level test, or start at the beginning of Level 1.

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
  • 드리다 · 여쭙다 · 모시다 · 뵙다 · 저희Humble words: lowering myself to honour you

Sori’s tips in this unit

  • Not honouring yourself — and 압존법
  • 커피 나오셨습니다 — honouring things
  • Greetings for the people you honour
  • 씨, 쌤, 선생님, 님 — calling people

The scene opens

  1. Hoya

    할머니, 안녕하세요! 소호학당에 오셨어요!

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

  2. S

    Sori's grandmother

    호야 씨, 안녕하세요? 소리가 여기서 가르쳐요. 오늘은 구경하러 왔어요.

    Hello, Hoya. Sori teaches here. Today I came to look around.

  3. Hoya

    소리쌤께서는 지금 교실에 계세요. 수업이 끝나면 오실 거예요.

    Sori-ssaem is in the classroom now. When the lesson ends she'll come.

Inside the unit

  1. 1
    SceneA short scene with Sori, Hoya and the people around them, every line with its English
  2. 2
    Grammar4 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
    Words27 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