I-U's Note 2: Korean Honorifics

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Just like I did with my Japanese inspired story The BANCHOU I'll be explaining all the honorifics that I used and about to use in the future interactions of this story.

Tbh, I don't have much knowing with Korean Honorifics unlike with the Japanese that I learned in Foreign Language when I was in 2nd year college plus before that, I'm originally very interested in Nihongo, I self-studied the basic words and it's pretty nice. Anyway, here we go:

If I'm not mistaken, in this story I first used ssi.

Ssi  is formerly used to address someone you are not familiar with or do not know.

The next one was nim. I'll be using this frequently in the story.

Nim  a formal way of addressing someone typically older, more superior or respected than you.

And, next are honorifics that obviously most worldly known.

Oppa  a more friendly way of addressing an older man with fewer age gape than you, if youre a girl. It can also be used by girls towards their boyfriends.

Unni  used to address older girls around your age, if youre a girl.

Nuna  friendly way to address an older girl near your age, if youre a guy.
Nunim  more formal version of Nuna.

Hyung  a formal way to address older guy near your age, if youre a guy.

Sunbae  underclassmen addresses their upperclassmen as Sunbae. Refers to a mentor, schoolmate or a senior in a group.
Hubae  the opposite of Sunbae, upperclassmen to underclassmen. Was not directly implied, mostly used in a 3rd person pov.

Maknae  used to refer to the youngest member of a team, mostly by idol groups. Used by both male and female.

Adjumma  Older woman typically aged between mid or late 30's. Some use this to refer to young girls to make offensive remarks.
Ajussi  Older man typically aged between mid or late 30's. Some of them prefer to be called Hyung or Oppa.

That's all for now, Thank You.

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