Korean SsaemWhy Koreans Ask Your Age First
The age question is not small talk. Korean makes you pick a speech level before you can finish a sentence, and your age decides which one.
Korean Culture and Everyday Etiquette
Korean grammar encodes social relationships, which means culture is not background reading for a learner. It is part of the language. These articles cover the conventions that most often catch American learners off guard.
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