When we talk about my mother, it's very natural to call 'my mother' as 'our mother'. It can be used in many ways to call someone or something: our father, our family, our house, our school, our company, and so on. It's because the culture is totally different. As I mentioned before, the connection between us makes these expressions. We are bounded with a strong relationship, but it's getting vanishing as each life goes hectic.
I would like foreigners to understand why we are curious about ages. We use a honorific so we need to know ages. However, I can see the merit of English. English makes people feel closer and more comfortable. There is a honorific in English, of course, but we don't need to say an-nyeong-ha-se-yo(안녕하세요), five syllables to say hello to the older. So I sometimes think speaking English is much more relaxing than Korean speaking. I obviously speak Korean much much much better, though.
What else..?
Yeah! It is right!
답글삭제Koreann honorific saying is good.
But using English is better to feel close and more comfortable.
I think you use many words we learned. I'm very impressed. lol
답글삭제I appreciate we have honorific words, but I sometimes feel it makes obstacles between people; it is difficult to be friendly.
Actually when I first became to know that foreigner cannot understand why our family and our house is used everyday in Korea, I'm so interesting. Also, I feel that Korean our customs is really impirtantng and original thing.
답글삭제Yes, We should know others age and remember it to tell different sentences with younger people...Sometimes it is hard to don't ask age to foreigners!
답글삭제Yes, I agree that when we use in English, I feel like I am at about your age, but as soon as the class finishes I totally become a old girl again.haha
답글삭제when first meeting, Koreans ask other 'How old are you?' because they have to use honorific express if other is older than me. But sometimes it is bothering me..............
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