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안녕하세요여러분, I'm sure that you have heard of the term 바보.. whether you watch K-Dramas or you listen to K-pop or you talk with native Korean speakers. If you do any of those things, then you should have heard 바보 at least once or a few times.
Remember that I am not a native Korean speaker, meaning that I can make mistakes when I'm translating. If this is the case, please correct me in the comments and I will fix it when I have time to do so.
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What does 바보 mean? I'm so glad that you asked! The meaning of 바보 would depend on how the speaker is intending on using the word. It can mean silly', 'fool', ' stupid' or 'idiot' , depending on your intentions. You can say 바보 to your friends and people who are close to you in a joking manner as a way to call them silly or foolish. However, it is important that you are careful when using this term because 바보 can be used to offend someone like calling them stupid or calling them an idiot.
Is 바보 an offensive word?
In the last paragraph, I mentioned that 바보 can be an offensive word depending on your intentions however it usually isn't offensive. Why isn't it not always offensive? Well that's because people use it in a way that is cute or jokingly when they are having conversations with their close friends. I'm this type of situation, you would call them "silly" or " a fool". A massive NoNo is calling your elders 바보. This is a great example of how the term 바보 can be considered offensive. Older people will take 바보 as an offense because in their culture, you should show respect to your elders all the time.
I should also mention that 바보 can be offensive if the you as the speaker really wants it to be by having negative intentions when calling someone 바보 or 바보야 which is the equivalent of calling someone stupid or an idiot in English.
Example sentences with 바보
- 바보야! ~> you fool/ you idiot! - 바보냐 ? ~> Are you stupid? - 나 바보 아니야! ~> I'm not stupid - 너진짜 바보 같아. ~> you are really foolish/stupid
Now that you are at the end of the blog, I just want to point out that you can use 바보 to call yourself silly or foolish.
Thank you so much for hanging out and reading this post and hopefully I will make more of these in the future.
All of the information in this blog can be found at LearnKorean24.com Posted: 06/23/2021 at 1:12am (est)
