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International call out: 00N (where N is the carrier code) followed by the distant country code and telephone number. Calling into Korea: +82 XX XXXX YYYY. The leading "0" is dropped when dialling into South Korea from abroad. Some 1566/1577/1588 telephone numbers cannot be dialed from abroad.
Sino-Korean words constitute a large portion of South Korean vocabulary, the remainder being native Korean words and loanwords from other languages, such as Japanese and English to a lesser extent. Sino-Korean words are typically used in formal or literary contexts, [5] and to express abstract or complex ideas. [7]
Until the Joseon dynasty era, unlike today, on the Korean Peninsula, age was not considered as severe, so it was a culture of making friends within a small age gap. [dubious – discuss] The current Korean custom of deciding whether to use honorifics based on age was influenced by Japanese colonial occupation era.
The compilation of Standard Korean Language Dictionary was commenced on 1 January 1992, by The National Academy of the Korean Language, the predecessor of the National Institute of Korean Language. [1] The dictionary's first edition was published in three volumes on 9 October 1999, followed by the compact disc released on 9 October 2001. [2]
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While English words may have reached Korea via globalization, modernization, etc.) social and linguistic factors had an impact in the shift of meaning of the words introduced as they were propagated through the community. An example of a Korean false friend is the word "미팅", which sounds like "meeting" in English but means "blind date". [20]
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 ...
Word Korean word Explanation Merriam-Webster Oxford Remarks Chaebol: jaebeol 재벌 (財閥) a large, usually family-owned, business group in South Korea (cognate with Japanese Zaibatsu) [1] [2] Hangul: hangeul 한글: Korean alphabet [3] Jeonse: jeonse 전세 (傳貰) a long-held renting arrangement where tenants pay lump-sum deposit for ...