Korean w/ K-Drama: Honorifics & Politeness in Speech Levels (CLOY, The King, Descendants of the Sun)

[@muchi77]

I'm beyond grateful to find you. Your lessons are always meticulously explained. 감사합니다, 선생님 >

[@KoreanJream]

우와, 저도 너무 감사합니다!!! 🙇🏻‍♀️🙏🏼 I was worried if this video would be too complicated or all of the place to understand... it makes me feel so much better to read your comments!!!! Thank you!!! 😊

[@myrrhsense]

This makes so much sense now! It really helps me understand the language better. Also I now think it kind of makes sense why to use these different forms.

[@KoreanJream]

YESSS!!!! This is what I was hoping for! I am happy to hear it gave you some overall picture of what different speech levels achieve in interactions! Thank you for telling me it was helpful! 감사합니다! :)

[@Iviana1501]

Finally! I got to understand everything about honorifics in Korean. Thanks a lot for this video!

[@KoreanJream]

YAY!!! I am so happy to hear it was helpful! Thank you for watching and such sweet and encouraging comments!!! 💗

[@munnyjan]

Thanks for sharing! You made it so easy to understand with clips from K-drama. 감사합니다, 선생님!

[@KoreanJream]

천만에요! 저도 감사합니다! 🙏🏼 I’m glad the drama scenes helped you understand! I was worried it was too much information and may be too overwhelming. It makes me feel less worried to hear you enjoyed it!

[@shakedshina6030]

I agree the kdramas are really helping to understand..

[@KoreanJream]

That’s really great to know! Thank you all for letting me know that the clips do help! I always used them in my class and hoped they can help in the KZbin video too. I’ll continue using them. 😉 감사합니다!!!! 🙏🏼

[@shakedshina6030]

@@KoreanJream 😊😊감사합니다 선생님~~

[@brufrancoteixeira]

OMG! You're a goddess in teaching Korean in a fun way! Loved the video so so much! 정말요 감사합니다 🫰🏼

[@smilinarosy558]

That's genius ! I've been studying korean for a while and there's no such great content on KZbin! I love your videos. Thanks a million

[@KoreanJream]

Oh, thank you so much for such sweet comments!!! I am so honored and happy to hear it was helpful! I know there are many wonderful Korean teaching contents on KZbin and wanted to make something that I can contribute, so this makes me really happy! Thank you again, and keep on learning! I'll be honored to be part of your learning journey!

[@smilinarosy558]

@@KoreanJream all the honor is mine ! And I'll keep on learning through yor videos . 감사합니다 선생님 ^^

[@KoreanJream]

I’ll be honored and happy to be part of your learning for sure! 🙏🏼 저도 감사합니다! 비디오 보고 질문 있으면 언제든지 댓글에 해 주세요! 😁

[@justwatch2824]

I always wanted to do something like this foe my students (giving examples from dramas) so im so glad to find you. Thank you for all the hard work~

[@KoreanJream]

Thank you! 🥰 yeah, finding the scenes and collecting them definitely takes time. I always used the clips in my classrooms as well, so this was one of the first things I wanted to do on my KZbin channel! 😁

[@chaalgc]

I have to say, I just discovered your videos and am only diving into them now but I'm really grateful for your explanations. You are a teacher thru and thru! 감사합니다, 선생님!~

[@KoreanJream]

Awww thank you!!! I am so thrilled to have you on my channel and happy to hear my videos are helpful! 저도 너무 감사합니다!!! 도움이 돼서 저도 기뻐요! 🥰

[@Martin-nj2ow]

I wasn't sure about when to use -요 or -ㅂ니다\습니다, so this was really helpful! 고마워요~

[@KoreanJream]

I am so happy to hear the video was helpful!!! 저도 너무 고마워요!!! 😊

[@grantjames3736]

Great video! Keep it up. These speech levels are important. Didn’t know there were 6 levels!

[@KoreanJream]

Thank you, James!!! Yeah, there are 6... just to make it even more difficult for everyone to learn Korean. 😂

[@nchls5730]

keep this up!!! so loveeeee ♥️

[@KoreanJream]

Oh thank you for watching and for the encouraging comment!!! 🙏🏼🥰

[@lauraaitbai1799]

Thank you 💕

[@KoreanJream]

저도요! Thank you as well! 😍

[@rhejmv]

woww. thanks to this video.. I more understand it.. your more clear to teach.. =) thank you so much

[@KoreanJream]

Yay!!! Happy to hear my video was easy to understand! 감사합니다!!! 😍

[@aymen9271]

the way you explained it was very simple and the examples made it more interesting, I understood the concept very well after watching this video. 감사합니다 선생님! ^^

[@KoreanJream]

I am so happy to hear it was easy and fun to understand the contents! Thank you for telling me my video helped you! 저도 너무 감사합니다!!! 💙

[@kenniefae]

Everything makes sense now! Thank you!!!

[@KoreanJream]

This is so great to hear!!! Thank you for letting me know it was helpful!! 😍

[@relitan.lolong7316]

Glad found this video.

[@KoreanJream]

도움이 됐어요? Did it help? 💕 I am glad you found it too!

[@lailaerrfig4395]

정말 감사합니다

[@KoreanJream]

저도 비디오 봐 주셔서 고맙습니다! Thank you for watching the video too!

[@KoreanArah]

'매를 버십니다'에서 완전 빵 터졌어요 ㅎㅎㅎㅎ 사실, 몇 달 전에 저도 높임말 비디오 촬영을 하다가, 어느 선까지 설명하고 예문을 어디서 가져올지 몰라 접었어요.😅 그런데 선생님은 드라마에서 예문을 가져오니 이해하기도 좋고, 용어도 너무 아카데믹하지 않게 쉽게 골라서 설명하신 것 같아요. 멋지십니다!😍 많이 배우고 가요~

[@KoreanJream]

저 장면 너무 웃기죠! 높임말을 알아야 제대로 웃긴 장면! 😂 샘 말씀대로 존댓말 컨텐츠는 만들기가 너무 힘든 것 같아요. 어디까지 설명할지, 활용형까지 하려니 너무 길고, 언어학적 용어들 그대로 쓰는 것도 학습자들한텐 도움이 안 될 것 같고... 진짜 고민 백만개 하게 만드는 주제인 것 같아요! 🤯 올리면서까지도 뭔가 꼼꼼하지도 않은데, 그럼에도 불구하고 내용은 너무 복잡한 것 같고... 해서 고민 많았어요. 😭😂 그래서 이렇게 친절한 선생님 댓글이 더더더욱 감사합니다! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@KoreanArah]

@@KoreanJream 그럼에도 불구하고 이 어려운 걸 해내셨어요! 😊

[@KoreanJream]

Korean Arah 한국어 아라 😅 유시진 대위 목소리가 오버랩됐어요 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 넘넘 감사합니다 선생님!!! 😍

[@1985evee]

Greta video 😊 How long ago was that form of language from the king: eternal monarch & crash landing on you used?

[@KoreanJream]

It existed for long, so I wouldn't know when it became to exist... but in modern Korean after 20th century, they are not often used in conversations. That does not mean they are completely dead, though!

[@1985evee]

@@KoreanJream sweet thanks, great for future generations to learn where the language stems from!

[@aprilh.234]

깨알 같은 드라마 예시들...!! 정말 대단해!!! :-)

[@KoreanJream]

이 비디오들은 진짜 수업 자료 만들었던 경험이 큰 힘이 되었다 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[@shakedshina6030]

Omgg this video is full of information haha, I took a notes but I think I will watch this video again..but I am sure after watching it again I will master it..your explanations are really clear and easy to understand 너무 너무 감사해요 쌤!!

[@KoreanJream]

이렇게 따뜻한 댓글(comment) 저도 너무너무 감사해요!!! 🥰🙏🏼 I knew this video may have too much information in it 😂😭, but try to just get the overall structure of the honorifics here... and you can study conjugations of each one separately. 😉

[@shakedshina6030]

@@KoreanJream actually I got the overall idea and after watching it again, I got almost everything, I just have a question umm ~다 if I type to my boyfriend like umm 사랑한다/정말 사라한다 etc☺😅 I mean it's with the ending ~ㄴ 다 that non-polite(plain speech) but the word 사랑 is strong in short😅how it sounds to korean when you say 사랑한다 instead of 사랑해?

[@KoreanJream]

It sounds more direct! Often, you’d see on TV when guys want to sound more “manly”, they’d use 사랑한다 instead of 사랑해. Or if someone’s shouting as a surprise or event “I love ...!!!!”, they’d use 사랑한다 too. “...아/야, 사랑한다!!!!!” 😄

[@shakedshina6030]

@@KoreanJream oh I see, I was afraid for a moment that this might have a hidden meaning because of the ~다 ending😂너무 다행이네요😌🤣🤣, 한국어 열심이 배우골거예요✊✊요트욥 알람을 turned on😆화이팅ㅎㅎ

[@justNGC604]

Is there a Korean umbrella term for the whole concept of "speech levels"?

[@feritzel7450]

Thank you so much for this explanation!! I follow you on Instagram and I love every single one of your post!! Thank you for all your effort 선생님!! 그렇지만 질문 있어요, for the second half of the video, I still don’t get how to use the (으)시 ending... could you please show me with examples??🥺

[@KoreanJream]

안녕하세요! 🤗 유튜브도 와 줘서 고마워요! Thanks for supporting me here too! 🙏🏼 Yeah, that part wasn’t really in detail since I didn’t want to make the video too long or overwhelming. 🤭 So it’s my fault you didn’t really get that part! 😂 ~(으)시~ comes right after the verb stem before tense or other endings if the subject of the sentence is someone older or higher than you. Like “My grandma is the best!” (Grandma here), or “My teacher is nice.” (Teacher here). (으)시 + 어요 = (으)세요 (으)시 + 었어요 [past] = (으)셨어요 Exampels: 저는 한국 드라마를 좋아해요. I like K-dramas. 저희 “할머니”도 한국 드라마를 좋아”하세요”. My grandma also likes K-dramas. 저는 어제 일했어요. I worked yesterday. 저희 “엄마”는 어제 일”하셨어요”. My mom worked yesterday. When the subject is “you”, the listener, you can use this 으세요 or 으셨어요 to talk about, ask about, or request something to the listener in the honorifics: You can ask 뭐 하세요? Instead of the simple polite ending 뭐 해요? to be ‘honorifically polite’ 😂 to the listener. I think I’ll make a separate video about this subject honorifics since many people have asked me the difference between 으세요 and 어요. 😉 Coming soon!!!!

[@feritzel7450]

Korean Dream With J 이제 알겠어요!! :D 너무 너무 감사합니다 선셍님! For example, if I ask my mom if she has eaten yet, with the (으)셨어요, it will be like: “엄마 밥 먹으셨어요?” ?? 👀

[@KoreanJream]

Yes, that’s a perfect conjugation!!! 👏🏼👍🏼🤩 Just to make your life harder 😂😅, however, there’s a separate honorific word for 먹다: 드시다, or you can also use the sino-Korean word “to have a meal” 식사하다: 엄마, 식사하셨어요? (I have Instagram post about “how are you?” in Korean with this word, if you remember 🤗) 엄마 (아침/점심/저녁) 드셨어요? 밥 has an honorific word 진지, but if you want to keep it a bit casual since it’s mom, instead of 진지 use breakfast, lunch or dinner words. 😉

[@feritzel7450]

Korean Dream With J 너무 감사합니다 선생님!!! 🤩🤩 선생님의 수업들 너무 쉬워요, 감사합니다!!

[@KoreanJream]

@@feritzel7450 쉬워서 다행이에요!!! 저도 고맙습니다!!! 👍🏼🤩

[@husna1460]

So in total are there only 6 levels of politeness? (Including those used in historical dramas)

[@KoreanJream]

There is another level that used to be spoken to the royals, but it's not used in conversations any more. You see it in prayers or religious writings, so when people talk about speech levels in modern Korean, yes, there are 6 levels. In historical dramas, you hear ~오/소 and ~게 endings that are included in the 6 levels... plus ~옵소서 used to the king and not included in these 6!

[@husna1460]

@@KoreanJream Understood. Thank you so much.

[@pallorf]

Heya, this video explains it well but i thought there where 7 levels, I googled it the other day and it says there are 7 instead of 6. From a quick check it looks like they are counting the most polite level as 2 separate ones somehow?

[@KoreanJream]

The modern Korean language has 6 levels that are still in use: 합쇼체(~(스)ㅂ니다 ending), 하오체 (~오/소), 하게체(~게,~네), 해라체(plain speech level) for formal endings and 해요체(~어/아요 ending), 해체(~어/아) for informal endings. 해라체 and 해체 are 반말(plain) that do not honor the listener and the rest 4 are 존댓말(honorifics). The seventh ending 하소서체, the most formal and most polite, is not counted as an active ending as it is not used in the modern Korean interactions any more. It was used to the royals and now only remains in religious settings to pray. You will probably be able to find more professional and in-depth information from Korean linguistics books or journal articles instead of Wikipedia or the common Google results.

[@pallorf]

@@KoreanJream Aah ok ty for the explanation.

[@KoreanJream]

You are so very welcome, and hope it helped a little!

[@eunhokim6855]

👍

[@KoreanJream]

으흐흐 땡큐 언냐 ❤️

[@AdrianC.98]

How about "야"? Thanks in advance 😊

[@KoreanJream]

It’s used to call a close friend or sibling at the same age or younger than you, to someone you can use the 2 반말(non-polite) endings from the video 🙂

[@damianmagirowski5550]

👑

[@KoreanJream]

Loving the dramas in this? 😉

[@paryazand1327]

I'm always confused with 으세요/세요, 으셔요/셔요 and 시다

[@KoreanJream]

Here's the video I specifically explain that subject honorific suffix ~(으)시~ you see in 으세요/으셔요! I think it will answer most of your questions about it! If you have more questions after watching this, I would love to answer them too! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWSlhH9rfK6ZhcU