선생님

seonsaengnim · [선생님]

teacher · master · Mr. · Ms.

nounBeginner

Meanings

  1. teacher; master(polite form) A person who teaches students.
  2. Mr.; Ms.A word attached in front of a person's family name or occupation to address him/her politely.
  3. Sir; Madam(polite form) A word used to refer to an aged person respectfully.

Written Forms

선생님Hangul
先生님Hanja

Examples from Lessons (3)

선생님에게는 감사합니다를 말해요?Do you say 'gamsahamnida' (thank you) to a teacher?Read the Lesson
선생님과 학생이 교실에 있습니다.The teacher and the student are in the classroom.Read the Lesson
민지는 교실에서 선생님을 만나요.Minji meets her teacher in the classroom.Read the Lesson

Grammar in These Examples

Korean definitions, pronunciations and learner levels are from the Basic Korean Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

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