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  2. Korean speech levels - Wikipedia

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    Used in written language such as signs and public notices, in which case the imperative form is used. In historical dramas, where it gives the dialogue a more old-fashioned sound. In the North Korean standard language; In the spoken form of certain dialects, such as the Hamgyŏng dialect.

  3. Hangul orthography - Wikipedia

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    Hangeul matchumbeop (한글 맞춤법) refers to the overall rules of writing the Korean language with Hangul. The current orthography was issued and established by Korean Ministry of Culture in 1998. The first of it is Hunminjungeum (훈민정음). In everyday conversation, 한글 맞춤법 is referred to as 맞춤법.

  4. Korean honorifics - Wikipedia

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    The age of each other, including the slight age difference, affects whether or not to use honorifics. Korean language speakers in South Korea and North Korea, except in very intimate situations, use different honorifics depending on whether the other person's year of birth is one year or more older, or the same year, or one year or more younger.

  5. Hangul - Wikipedia

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    The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul [a] or Hangeul [b] in South Korea (English: / ˈ h ɑː n ɡ uː l / HAHN-gool; [2] Korean: 한글; Korean pronunciation: [ha(ː)n.ɡɯɭ] ⓘ) and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea (조선글; North Korean pronunciation [tsʰo.sʰɔn.ɡɯɭ]), is the modern writing system for the Korean language.

  6. Honorifics (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    One example showing the difference between respectful and common language can be seen in the word sleep. The word for ' sleep ' using common language is maúr, while it is saipash using respectful language. [12] Along with the respectful language, there are formal greetings called tiirou or fairo that are used in meetings and gatherings. In ...

  7. Korean pronouns - Wikipedia

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    Korean pronouns pose some difficulty to speakers of English due to their complexity. The Korean language makes extensive use of speech levels and honorifics in its grammar, and Korean pronouns also change depending on the social distinction between the speaker and the person or persons spoken to.

  8. Korean grammar - Wikipedia

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    The choice of whether to use a Sino-Korean noun or a native Korean word is a delicate one, with the Sino-Korean alternative often sounding more profound or refined. It is in much the same way that Latin- or French-derived words in English are used in higher-level vocabulary sets (e.g. the sciences), thus sounding more refined – for example ...

  9. Korean punctuation - Wikipedia

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    The traditional writing system known as gugyeol, used punctuation to interpret Chinese characters in a way Korean speakers could understand. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] One of the marks used in gugyeol was a dot • called 역독점 ( yeokdokjeom ), which was used to indicate reading order. [ 1 ]