어르신

eoreusin · [어르신]

your father · Sir

nounIntermediate

Meanings

  1. your father(polite form) Another person's father.
  2. Sir(polite form) One's father's friend or an elderly person older than him.

Examples from Lessons (3)

Have you ever seen a scene in a drama where an elder is delighted to meet their grandchild after a long time?

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I'm especially mindful of how I should behave in front of people I'm meeting for the first time or elders.

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However, it is the proper attitude to refrain from using these abbreviations and speak politely to elders.

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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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