*alittlelost* this why it's like a trap. We all learnt yo is behind verbs all this time. That we forget yo is suffix to the talk. Not a phrase or sentence Like every talk, when you pause you have to add yo.
Logically, (-yo) used only on verbs. ex) Is this coffee? It is(be) coffee. 커피(예)요. (커피입니다.) There is verb "to be". Will you come tomorrow? You meant tomorrow? -> Is(to be) it 'tomorrow' what you are saying? 내일(이)요? (내일입니까?) So here is also verb on that sentence. Is that big? It is big.-> it is being big. 커요. (큽니다.) 크다.(being big) it is verb. So what you knew was correct. It's used only on verb.
Jeez, I've actually joked before about being worried that I would accidentally, unknowingly use 반말 and just to be safe, jokingly adding "요" to the end of every word of my sentence, and now I'm starting to feel like I actually should 😂😂😂.
@@carlscabage actually, 네 itself is a polite word so no need to (it's grammatically incorrect to use) 네요 i guess.. you can use 응 or 어 while speaking in 반말 and just 네 or 예 for 존댓말.. i hope you understood
Even though I know the word "you" isn't used often in Korean and can be rude, it's hard to omit it because that word is used so often in English... you know?
Wow, after approximately 11 months of Korean thinking I was using Formal Korean, turns out I ain’t. I feel so guilty towards my Korean friends 😭, thank you so much for the video.
Well can we just take a moment to appreciate how good he is at English and how well he explains each and every thing. It really helped me a lot. Gomawayo☺️
Pointing out or correcting mistakes is one of the very important tasks teachers are supposed to do especially in teaching a foreign language. I think your teacher is so considerate for students. It can be a good manner when it is about social activities but I don't think it's that good as for teaching a foreign language. :)
Michaela Oren it’s worse when you’re Korean American and they expect you to know these as well as the customs, even though I’m not that fluent at Korean...
I was in Korea for studying and I lived with a host family. Now I realize I’ve probably talked informal with my 어머니 so many times without knowing it since she doesn’t correct me. Lucky for me I don’t think she mind but.. awkward 😭😭😭
Shortly after I first met my host family (stayed for 2 months) I told my host parents 잘 자요! instead of saying 주무하세요! when it was time to go to bed, haha... they were nice about it and laughed while correcting me, but I felt pretty embarrassed. Of course, then I was so focused on saying it right the next time that I said the past tense instead of present tense haha...
Talleifer At least they corrected you lol, I think they just get happy when we try to have conversions in korean and not only English but I understand that you were embarrassed. I remember how it was for me as well almost every time I spoke in korean because when I arrived to my family I didn’t know almost any korean at all..
Lily Skye Yeah it’s good that they are understanding about it 😅 Because they know we are there to learn, would almost be wierd if we never made mistake wouldn’t it haha
How do host families work? I'm really confused it's nit something we do in england so it seems a bit weird to just go and stay with a random family to me 😅😂
..that's probably only in tagalog. I don't know about other languages in the Philippines but I don't think bisaya has po or opo or ho... We're not respectful polite people I guess. Hahahah
@@differentp0v That is why I mentioned "Filipino", not "Tagalog" since I do not have any knowledge in other Philippine dialects. Mind the difference between Filipino language and Tagalog dialect. Thank you.
@@differentp0v We don't have po and opo, we just base our politeness on proper usage of words and tone and also properly addressing the person "te" "sir" "ya" "nong". It's so offensive to me saying we're impolite and disrespectful just because we dont have honorifics. Bagun ulo nimo ron.
@@johnramirez3247 ...wow. Calm down. It was just a joke. Of course I know about those other ways of being polite. I just totally focused on the words "po" and "opo" when I joked about not being respectful.. Jeez. Tough crowd maaann.
Why is youtube keep recommending me his videos? I'm learing mandarin not korean! Pull yourself together google. btw nice video you lucky korean learners.
@@madeleine8662 but the biggest percentage of all people who learn korezn (thsre is few other ressons) - only because korean drama or kpop aspecizlly bts. before bts in europe we didnt know almost anything about south korea. we didnt think about this country. only north korea was interesting because of political tragic situation. some man - not woman- knew that samsung or kia is from korea. i have samsung but didnt know or bother. we knew more about china and japan. a lot of peopld visited popular destination like vietnam or tajland. You can not even imagine what BTS made for your country. Massive money fo your economy and they put Korea on world map. It is not PSY. it was like one crazy song. It is BTS who made people interested in your music, traditional too, culture, film, architecturd, history. you czn not even imagine. it is sociological pehomenom.
Can we have a quiz dealing with 존댓말? So we won't accidentally sound rude to a Korean person. The video was very informative good thing I learned this now than later. 감사합니다 현우씨.
I practice Korean so often. I know many common phrases. Well, I worked at a store for a while and an elderly Korean woman came in and no one understood her. I did! I was so happy. It was my chance to practice with someone who spoke the language BUT everything I had learned and remembered flew out the window. My mind was blank. After a couple of seconds I remembered and spoke informally to her. What a complete failure! When she left I went through the conversation in my mind and how I'd messed it up. My co worker was impressed that I knew Korean at all and didn't understand why I was so bummed.
This was so helpful! I am at the beginning stages of learning with my moms help- I now know that I have been kind of rude in some casual phrases around the house and can now be conscious about it! Thank you!
Once I accidentally used 당신 when I was talking to my teacher and I addressed the question: 당신의 이름이 뭐예요? When I just started learning korean and my teacher told me not to use the sentence in that way since it sounded rude.
okay this is so freaking weird because i was in a korean twitch chat where there were other foreigners in chat, and someone posted 당신 and I said you shouldn't use that but the streamer says it's fine. I was like ????
I was waiting for you to talk about the single ㅅ vs double ㅆ sound that a lot of non-native speakers/learners, especially me, have trouble distinguishing. This can get you in big trouble!
I've always been wondering why my Korean friends talked to me in third person in the beginning! As in "yes I have time tomorrow, Esther too?" like dude you're talking directly to me, why are you saying my name like that lol, but now I understand, thank you :)) also I always thought dangsin was very polite, I'll definitely will reconsider using it as much haha
Always had the problem with these one word sentences. No one explain whether it’s okay to use them without 요 or whether it’s possible to add 요 to any word. You finally clarified it, so thank you!
That was very useful. I didn't realise politeness went to such depths.. and I thought it was just us English speakers that were so over the top polite!
Thank you for this video. I have learned so much from your videos since I've started learning Korean in November. I get so excited when you say something I've already learned which means I'm on the right track☺ 감사합니다
Yessss this is so important to know! Thanks for the video! I made this mistake in a Korean restaurant in New York... The server came to bring us our plates and asked in Korean where to put them.. I said "여기 여기" without thinking about it and the Korean friend I was with looked at me like I cursed her out... Sometimes you gotta learn the hard way ㅠㅠ
I struggle with this so much. Idk why it's so hard for me, it's really not that hard to do. I just still get so nervous when I'm speaking I keep messing up.
This tip is a really good reminder. It's easy to think of ~요 as the ending to a 존댓말 “conjugation"-but there's really nothing being conjugated (in an English language sense) in one-word sentences with nouns or interrogative words. It's more like whatever you say has to end in ~요. That applies to expressions like "Really?" 정말요? also.
I am always wondering about the rudeness in the korean/japanese culture. which one is culturally more rude to them, a nice content with a banmal, or an insulting content in polite form?
I'm not Korean but i can understand why they find kind content with banmal more rude because imagine everybody using 존댓말 with each other but a person that you don't know well is using banmal to you. I would think why did they talk with banmal? They might see me as a low person
for me, even if it is something nice, i think it is overstepping boundaries for somebody i dont know to use 반말 with me. it feels like they may also look down on me and so i think its more rude.
@Chocolate Rain koreans are completely aware that korean itself is very confusing for foreigners, esp for english speakers. and they are also aware that the honorifics are confusing too, hell even native speakers sometimes get confused about that stuff. dont worry about it too much, just practice and youll be fine
I actually never had these problems as mentioned in the video; the problem was WITH WHOM I should use 반말 because, since most of my Korean friends were younger than me, they would often say, exasperatedly, I needn't speak so politely (this is why I never can understand the popular misconception Koreans have that foreigners only speak in panmal). So then I would try speaking more panmal-ly with someone I just met, obviously somewhat younger than me, and my friends listening would be shocked... omg. Panmal is much harder to use than normal polite Korean!!! I gradually figured out that it is not just age but degree of familiarity -- a fine line. And not everyone draws the line at age, but other reference points sometimes.
So helpful 😭 thank youuu. I kinda got the idea whatching kdramas.. But I wasn't sure if I just had to add 요 now I know I have to add 이요 when the words end with a 받침. 감사합니다 현우 선생님✨
The Korean language is absolutely fascinating to me. I will not give up until I'm fluent enough that someone mistakes me for a native speaker. Big dreams, I know 😅
Gosh! you speak very good English and very polite! Thank you for educating your viewers in speaking the Korean language respectfully. keep up the good work! God bless you!
I wish I’d known this when I was first learning Korean! I once studied with a teacher who was quizzing me on vocabulary and thought 요 was used only for verbs. So when I said the word she was quizzing me on without 요, she said, “Casual speech?!” I was so confused…😅 I figured it out later, though, and I think she realized from my response that I hadn’t done it intentionally. (I responded with a complete sentence instead of just the word)
Grew up speaking Korean, so initially I thought, I don't need this lesson. However, after visiting family in Korea for 추석, I realized that I actually do this all the time - saying short answers without -요.
2:10 Haha, adding the ~요 at the end to say 커피요 is so cute. Also, I've been making this mistake. Oops~ Will add the ~요 in future now (as much as I can - it's still so much more comfortable and reflexive to say just 커피 😅)
In my language "yo" or "joh" is a word we use when someone does something stupid or something bad happens or a surprise happens or when you are impressed by something
I was wondering why I keep hearing (-yo) especially at the end of their sentences. I found that in lots of videoes, shows and etc. I was pretty confused about it. Thank you for explaining this. Now it makes sense to me. Thank you!
@@rachelhankoreanteacher1628 it means a lot .. i actually dropped studying korean after 2 weeks of studying i jst only finished level one . i am gonna restart it again..gamsahamnida
@@fathimanourin7259 다시 한국어 공부를 하겠다고 결심했다니 정말 다행이에요! 절대 포기하지 마세요! ^^ 한국어 공부하면서 궁금하거나 힘들때는 언제든지 질문하세요! ^^ 저는 외국친구들이 많이 있고 그들에게 한국어에 대해 도와주는 것이 기뻐요. I'm so glad you decided to study Korean again! Never give up! ^^ Feel free to ask questions whenever you're curious or having a hard time studying Korean! ^^ I have many foreign friends and I am happy to help them with Korean.😍
