어른

eoreun · [어른]

adult · elder · grown-up · father

nounBeginner

Meanings

  1. adultA fully-grown person.
  2. elderA person who is superior in age, position, etc.
  3. grown-upA married person.
  4. elderA person in the family or group who is respected by others because of his old age and experience.
  5. father(polite form) The father of someone else.

Examples from Lessons (3)

어른에게는 안녕하세요라고 말해요.

They say 'annyeonghaseyo' to adults.

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You eat with elders.

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Adults are precious people.

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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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